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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 20 Feb 2018

      1. Is Russia meddling so serious that we need to launch a new Cold War?* *(spoiler alert: no)

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 20 Feb 2018

      2. The real story is not that USA election was hacked but that it was hackable: fragile enough for crude memes and grifters to have impact

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        1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 20 Feb 2018

          3. Building on @henryfarrell & others, I argue that main problems of 2016 election are domestic rather than foreignhttps://newrepublic.com/article/147122/stop-inflating-russia-threat …

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        1. pretty good, not bad‏ @neilkli 20 Feb 2018
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          gimme a break. why would this be the case? why does the FEC make foreign expendituers illegal if the system is supposed to be designed so they can't have an impact?

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        1. ddn‏Verified account @ddn 20 Feb 2018
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          this is the point that the “only $xx was spent by XX people, that wouldn’t move the needle” people are totally missing. A cold can kill a sick person.

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        1. Geoff‏ @gdholtby 20 Feb 2018
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          I think using the word “hacked” is a problem because it conjures the spectre of voting machine fraud, which isn’t what happened.

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        1. Chicken‏ @Chicken79753422 20 Feb 2018
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          "crude memes and grifters" isn't an accurate description of what the indictment alleges

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        1. Doremus Jessup‏ @DoremusJ 20 Feb 2018
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          Russia has been honing their skills undermining democracy in eastern europe. It goes way beyond simple propaganda.

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        1. iestynp (aka zinelove (aka iesorno zines))‏ @iestynpettigrew 20 Feb 2018
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          But that was true of Brexit as well. Also, Marie Antionette, Napoleon etc. People will believe bad things that sound like their own truths because it’s comforting The Daily Mail is the most read online source of news and so unreliable Wikipedia shuns it as a reliable source

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        1. FBI - Friendly Bot Inspector‏ @bwmccoy3 20 Feb 2018
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          Was it though? The "experts" have been oddly silent in attempting to quantify the effect except to direly warn that "we don't know". Maybe we just have shitty politics and like to elect shitty leaders. Is that really a stretch?

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        2. Naja pallida‏ @naja_pallida 20 Feb 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @AKimCampbell

          Is there a fix to half the electorate being so mentally malleable that they fall for easily disproven bullshit, to the point where they'd rather vote for a rabid baboon with uncontrollable diarrhea than risk the status quo? It took a generation of undermining to get us here.

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        3. Naja pallida‏ @naja_pallida 20 Feb 2018
          Replying to @naja_pallida @HeerJeet @AKimCampbell

          This isn't just about Russian troll-bots, it's about a culture of proud ignorance. Where simply being randomly angry is a substitue for objective reality, and the only diet your worldview permits are things that feed that anger.

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