While there’s some truth to this, the perspective is all wrong. It’s pointless to hand wring about Russia when the reason they can do this successfully is that you can just buy elections in Western countries, and it’s convenient to distract from our home grown corporate/fascist movements. Sure Russia tries to support them because they are bad for Europe, but they can only do that because we allow such things in the first place. They would still exist without Russia. Maybe they would grow a little more slowly, but that’s it. Our unwillingness to confront the evils in our own society is the problem.
You can do it in all states, not just western. That’s disingenuous framing. It’s a function of large immovable structures of power. Power serves itself, and indirectly other aligned powers. USA, UK, Russia, China, Iran, UAE. Not saying they’re all equal on this, just that it happens. Whether it’s currency changing hands or just the loan of influence.
I agree though that the best ways to counter it start at home. If Russia disappeared tomorrow. Someone else would still be doing it.
While there’s some truth to this, the perspective is all wrong. It’s pointless to hand wring about Russia when the reason they can do this successfully is that you can just buy elections in Western countries, and it’s convenient to distract from our home grown corporate/fascist movements. Sure Russia tries to support them because they are bad for Europe, but they can only do that because we allow such things in the first place. They would still exist without Russia. Maybe they would grow a little more slowly, but that’s it. Our unwillingness to confront the evils in our own society is the problem.
You can do it in all states, not just western. That’s disingenuous framing. It’s a function of large immovable structures of power. Power serves itself, and indirectly other aligned powers. USA, UK, Russia, China, Iran, UAE. Not saying they’re all equal on this, just that it happens. Whether it’s currency changing hands or just the loan of influence.
I agree though that the best ways to counter it start at home. If Russia disappeared tomorrow. Someone else would still be doing it.