Evan McMullinVerified account

Particularly relevant, as Kasparov lived through the final spasms of an authoritarian propaganda machine, and is fighting the new propaganda machine in Russia. Authoritarianism has many flavours, but at its base it has the same techniques.

AKA the gaslighting model.

Stick to the facts. It is the only way to fight back. Don't do news segments or write articles about the lies. Briefy make note it is a lie, then use the rest of your time repeating the facts. They use repetition to spread their lies. We need to use it to spread the truth.

It's like he's playing chess and they're playing... well, not chess. Maybe cornhole or something

Consider me as a "russian spy" or opposite, does not matter. Garry is very influencial, atrractive and very very wise person among russian community abroad. His opinions inside are followed as well with "who want know he knows".

https://twitter.com/scottmstedman/status/1179156540835500032?s=21 …

Tune them out, in other words. This is consistent with Putin’s goal of breaking democracy. But I don’t have a better idea.

We can all participate in this wise approach: media, people on social media, politicians. It can be done.