Russia is trying to sow division.
Boosting the extremer ends of the Sanders and Trump campaigns/supporters meets the Russian goal of sowing division in the US. Tellingly - they Russians are no longer creating any extremist content- just promoting it.
And Sanders is not a communist. He is not espousing a single party state, for a start. He is not denying private enterprise, or private property. He is not calling for the landholding kulaks to be dragged to the wall and shot or the farmers of Oklahoma to be intentionally starved off their lands. Compared to politics as usual in Ireland, he's a right-wing fucking nutjob.
The funny thing is - we're starting to see some of the same sort of divisive content coming from the supporters of our local nationalist party - single-line cliches and humourous memes and shit, mixed with a rapid 'whatabout' turnaround the moment anyone criticises them.
Boosting the extremer ends of the Sanders and Trump campaigns/supporters meets the Russian goal of sowing division in the US. Tellingly - they Russians are no longer creating any extremist content- just promoting it.
And Sanders is not a communist. He is not espousing a single party state, for a start. He is not denying private enterprise, or private property. He is not calling for the landholding kulaks to be dragged to the wall and shot or the farmers of Oklahoma to be intentionally starved off their lands. Compared to politics as usual in Ireland, he's a right-wing fucking nutjob.
The funny thing is - we're starting to see some of the same sort of divisive content coming from the supporters of our local nationalist party - single-line cliches and humourous memes and shit, mixed with a rapid 'whatabout' turnaround the moment anyone criticises them.
Oh sweet meteor of death
Fall upon us.
Deliver us in fire
To Peace everlasting.
Fall upon us.
Deliver us in fire
To Peace everlasting.