More people need to understand that it's Putin

[cilla4progress]

who is sowing this chaos.

[rubbersole]

1. He's very good at it.

After all, he installed a POTUS.

[MutantAndProud]

2. If Hillary were to run again

There could not be a better set of clear examples now that we have hindsight

[roamer65]

3. You speak the truth.

But he did not create the rifts in the United States, he is simply exploiting them.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

4. He's sowing the chaos

But he’s wrenching on fault lines that have existed in this country for centuries. Racial issues. Economic justice issues. They’ve festered for generations and it’s no surprise really that a bad actor figured out how to rip us open with it.

[Walleye]

5. Russia has been doing this my whole life, people don't know their own history

[usonian]

6. Old post of mine. Nothing changes.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=17925144

When you start with the premise that Russia has instigated a campaign of disruption in the U.S. to bolster its aims, ALL the pieces fit together perfectly.

1. The conservative movement took a hard swing right from its Limbaugh days of conservative issues and hate to pure hate and destruction. This coincides with the breakup of the Soviet Union. Anti-Soviet messaging ceased.

2. Russia’s economy is extremely oil-dependent. Oil interests control many legislators, and reap massive subsidies and favors.

3. Russia is an Orthodox “Christian in name only”, mostly white state. The church blesses nuclear warheads and Putin has declared his intention to expand his White Christian Nationalism.

4. Putin wants Ukraine. Arguably, that is the cause of his interference in the 2015 election to install an asset as president and weaken NATO, effectively delivering him Ukraine.

5. Bots spread lies and divisive messages to get Americans to fight one another.

6. A major news outlet repeatedly praises Putin, when there’s nothing apparent to gain by doing so. On the surface, anyway.

7. Russia financed and infiltrated the NRA with the goal of replacing constitutional government with mob rule, and domestic terrorism.

Putin's Puny Power can only beat America by destroying it from within.

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Thread it's in:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217925071

[yardwork]

7. Putin is getting help from the ultra-wealthy who want Republicans in power.

The very wealthy want no taxes and no government regulation, brought to them by Republicans. They know that most Americans wouldn't agree with this on the merits. So they use emotionally laden issues to whip up voters' fears and resentments.

Trump read a script that was handed to him. Putin's team wrote the script, but the Russians have a lot of help inside our country.

[cilla4progress]

8. Exactly.

Tfg has more loyalty to pooty than to America.

Transnational crime syndicate. Russian mob. Deep roots with tfg.

[NotVeryImportant]

9. What chaos exactly?

Not that I disagree w/you or anything, but your OP was pretty vague.

[cilla4progress]

10. Ummm....