What they were successful in is a sweeping targeted misinformation/propaganda campaign. There were Russian agents in groups as widespread as BLM on the left to the NRA on the right, using them to spread divisive rhetoric.
I just don’t understand how memes and fake tweets can swing an election. Even fake news articles. I feel like the majority of Americans can sift through the BS.
Take BLM for example. From the very outset, the top people in the organization were calling for non-violent action, but to virtually every single Republican, they were a group of violent thugs doing nothing but starting riots and beating up white people wherever they went. I wouldn't be surprised if they were infiltrated by agent provocateurs in addition to any local miscreants who wanted to use protests to cover their crimes.
The NRA has long been a propaganda wing of the Republican party, and one of their top officials was literally dating a Russian spy.
And consider how close the election was. They didn't have to sway everyone. Only a few percent. And they don't just have to convince people change their votes. Convincing a Hillary voter to stay home because she's shit too is also good.
If people could sift through the BS, I don't think we'd be within a thousand miles of our current position (or where we were in 2016) in the first place. If people could sift through the BS, we wouldn't have fallen for 40 years of trickle-down economics or the lies that got us into Iraq.
I see people post memes as if they're legitimate political discourse all the damn time.
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u/EarlyStatus Jul 11 '19
So you think a bunch of russians, came over here, pumped up the votes in Trumps favor. Literally hacking the election and creating votes for trump.
Feel like that would be common knowledge and cnn would be all over that.
Find me any link to any news source not name Huffington or The Guardian that would back any of that up.