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Everything i don't like is "russian".
Blaming problems on an external enemy to distract from internal problems and also to assemble the people behind a "strong man" leader.
No, this stuff is Russian:
I'm not from the USA. Russia is absolutely trying to create problems in the USA though, and the rest of the west:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Research_Agency#Timeline_of_the_Internet_Research_Agency_interference_in_United_States_elections
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/russia-troll-2020-election-interference-twitter-916482/
Why are people on Lemmy so keen on denying this simple fact?
There’s a world of difference between “Russia has propaganda” and “this post and anything like it that criticises the West is Russian propaganda”
Also, Wikipedia isn’t a reliable source.
BlueAnonsense.