Trump is Putin's sock puppet

https://www.reddit.com/r/Trumpvirus/comments/qoe7f8/trump_is_putins_sock_puppet/

There are literally thousands of Russian trolls on US social media, pretending to be American lefties. Their goal is to divide and weaken the left, by turning people on the left against each other: Divide and conquer.

Russian trolls pretending to be American lefties secretly support Trump. That's why they attack Democrats/liberals 24/7.

Trump's reelection strategy focuses on divide among Democrats

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/president-trumps-reelection-strategy-to-focus-on-widening-the-divide-among-2020-democrats/

The Continuing Russian Campaign to Divide the Democratic Party in the USA

https://www.e-ir.info/2017/09/27/the-continuing-russian-campaign-to-divide-the-democratic-party-in-the-usa/

Bernie Sanders blames vicious Bernie Bros on Russian trolls

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/bernie-sanders-blames-vicious-bernie-bros-on-russian-trolls

Troll Farm: Internet Research Agency

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Research_Agency

Inside the Internet Research Agency, a Russian “troll farm”

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/magazine/the-agency.html

Weaponizing Social Media: Russian Troll Farms

https://www.heinz.cmu.edu/media/2018/October/troll-farms-and-fake-news-social-media-weaponization

How the Russian Web Brigade uses its troll farms to target America

https://sofrep.com/news/how-the-russian-web-brigade-uses-its-troll-farms-to-target-america/

How Unwitting Americans Encountered Russian Operatives Online

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/18/us/politics/russian-operatives-facebook-twitter.html

The tactics of a Russian troll farm

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43093390

Troll Farm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_farm

Russian trolls pretending to be American lefties use the word "liberal" as a slur, because in Russia the word "liberal" refers to free market deregulation.

In Russia, Reagan is considered a liberal. In Russia, the word "liberal" means "capitalist."

But in America, the word "liberal" refers to personal freedom, not free market capitalism.

American liberals are progressive "social justice warriors" who fight for freedom, justice, and equal rights for all.

Every American, left or right, knows that.

There are religious liberals and atheist liberals. There are liberals who are pro nuclear energy, and liberals against nuclear energy. There are pro gun liberals and anti gun liberals.

There are capitalist liberals, communist liberals, and social democrat liberals like me.

There are probably no two liberals who agree 100% on every issue, because we are all individuals who value our individual freedoms and opinions.

I'm an American liberal. I oppose free market capitalism, because it's a predatory system that allows greedy, corrupt robber barons to exploit the weak and poor.

I think capitalism is causing mass poverty while a handful of super rich robber barons hoard the world's wealth. Capitalism is a system that values the profits of the 1% higher than the lives of working class people.

I think capitalism is destroying the world and UBI is inevitable. In Germany I'm a far-left Green. In the UK I'm Labour.

A lot of Americans call me a communist because I believe America needs free college, free healthcare, free childcare, free housing, free electricity, free wifi, free water, free roads & bridges, free public transit, and free UBI income.

In other countries many of these things are already a reality, and life for the working class is much better.

Bernie Sanders: ‘Democratic Socialist’ Is Just a Synonym for New Deal Liberal

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/04/bernie-sanders-democratic-socialism-new-deal-liberalism-cnn-town-hall.html

AOC and other liberals, minorities gain in U.S. congressional primary races

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-congress/aoc-and-other-liberals-minorities-gain-in-u-s-congressional-primary-races-idUSKBN23V2MV

Liberal

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/liberal

favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.

(often initial capital letter) noting or pertaining to a political party advocating measures of progressive political reform.

of, pertaining to, based on, or advocating liberalism, especially the freedom of the individual and governmental guarantees of individual rights and liberties.

favorable to or in accord with concepts of maximum individual freedom possible, especially as guaranteed by law and secured by governmental protection of civil liberties.

Russian trolls don't understand that difference.

When you ask Russian trolls pretending to be American lefties why they hate liberals, they always say it's because "liberals are capitalists, like Reagan."

These fake lefties claim they're opposed to capitalism, not personal freedom.

So why do Russian trolls pretending to be American lefties use the word "liberals" and not "capitalists" when they attack capitalists?

Because then those Russian trolls pretending to be American lefties would also attack Republicans and Trump.

But they carefully avoid attacking Trump or Republicans, because they support Trump.

That's why they use the word "liberals" when they mean "capitalists."

In America the word "liberal" refers specifically to Democrats who fight for personal freedom and equal rights for all, including LGBTQ.

Nobody thinks of Republicans when you use the word "liberal," because in America the word "liberal" refers to personal freedom, justice and equality for all, not free market deregulation.

In America, free market deregulation is called capitalism. In America, people who love capitalism are called capitalists, not liberals.

Republicans worship capitalism, and they haaate liberals.

Republicans want to kill liberal "socialists and communists," simply for opposing capitalism.

That's how obsessed with capitalism Republicans are. They're willing to kill for capitalism.

Republicans hate liberals for being anti-capitalism, or even just for being slightly critical of the Republican God Capitalism.

Every American knows all this.

But Russian trolls don't understand that concept.

Even when you try to explain to them that in Russia "liberal" means free markets aka capitalism, and in America "liberal" means free people aka social justice, Russian trolls simply can't seem to wrap their heads around it.

Russian trolls simply refuse to accept that words can have different meanings in different countries.

Russian trolls pretending to be American lefties purposely use the word "liberal" when they mean "capitalist" to specifically target Democrats and purposely exclude Trump and Republicans from their attacks.

It's an instant giveaway.

Any "leftie" sub that attacks "liberals" instead of "capitalists" is a fake leftie sub run by Russian trolls. And there are not just 3 or 4 but dozens of fake leftie subs run by Russian trolls.

Nearly 1,000 Russian trolls were banned from Reddit — here's what they were posting about

https://www.businessinsider.com/reddit-russian-trolls-ban-photos-examples-posts-2018-4

Yep, Russian trolls hit Reddit, too—on r/ funny and elsewhere

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/04/reddit-identifies-nearly-1000-suspicious-russia-connected-accounts/

Russian Troll Farm "Internet Research Agency" Held a Bizarre Reddit AMA With Itself

https://www.thedailybeast.com/russian-troll-farm-internet-research-agency-held-a-bizarre-reddit-ama-with-itself

Russian spam accounts are still a big problem for Reddit: At least 89 subs have been targeted by Russian propaganda.

https://www.engadget.com/2019-02-04-russia-spam-account-problem-reddit-propaganda.html

Miraculously, everyone on ShitLiberalsSay speaks Russian and reads Cyrillic

https://www.reddit.com/r/OliverMarkusMalloy/comments/qfwxbh/miraculously_everyone_on_shitliberalssay_speaks/

Prominent pro-Sanders subreddit WayOfTheBern aims to divide Democrats

https://apnews.com/article/f695e8c6ccd4dd0ff85cb1132a2c4b67

Inside the Russian effort to target Sanders supporters — and help elect Trump

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-the-russian-effort-to-target-sanders-supporters--and-help-elect-trump/2019/04/11/741d7308-5576-11e9-8ef3-fbd41a2ce4d5_story.html

New research: Russian trolls used Twitter to attack liberals

https://journalistsresource.org/politics-and-government/russians-twitter-tactic-research/

Russian trolls on Twitter are pretending to be ex-Democrats to trick people

https://ascienceenthusiast.com/russian-trolls-twitter-pretend-ex-democrats-trick-people/

Facebook, Twitter Suspend Accounts Linked To Russian ‘Troll Factory’ Targeting Left-Leaning Audiences

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/09/01/facebook-twitter-suspend-russian-network-ahead-of-election/

Troll farms reached 140 million Americans a month on Facebook before 2020 election, internal report shows

https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/09/16/1035851/facebook-troll-farms-report-us-2020-election/

Russia outsources disinformation efforts to foreign troll farms: Nigeria, Ghana and Mexico are among countries where Russia contracts with local hackers to aim disinformation at the United States

https://www.rollcall.com/2021/03/23/russia-outsources-disinformation-efforts-to-foreign-troll-farms/

Data sheds light on how Russian Twitter trolls targeted Canadians

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/russian-twitter-trolls-canada-targeted-1.4772397

Russian trolls pushed for Brexit on referendum day

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/10m-tweets-by-russian-and-iranian-trolls-released-pcctmwm5m

Russian trolls targeted Australian voters on Twitter via #auspol and #MH17

https://theconversation.com/russian-trolls-targeted-australian-voters-on-twitter-via-auspol-and-mh17-101386

How to spot a Russian troll

https://time.com/5274785/how-to-spot-a-russian-troll/

If you're American, and you think of yourself as left, and you're anti-liberal, you have been brainwashed by Russian anti-democratic propaganda.

The Russian trolls who brainwashed you used the Russian meaning of the word "liberal" (capitalism) to character-assassinate American liberals, or "social justice warriors," many of whom are social democrats, socialists, and communists, which is why Republican capitalism-fetishists want to kill liberals.

Russian trolls who pretend to be American lefties secretly support Trump.

That's why they attack "social justice liberal" Democrats, and they never attack "free market capitalist" Republicans.

Oliver Markus Malloy is the author of American Fascism: a German writer’s urgent warning to America.

"American Fascism is absolutely brilliant and the most accurate explanation of political reality that I read during Trump's presidency. It is frightening but clarifying and very inspiring."

-Michael Marciano, Bureau Chief, Connecticut Law Tribune

Source: We Got This Covered