They're the State Department. They have agency. In fact they are an agency, with agents
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It's just a big pile of endless ways the Democrats and intelligence agencies were victimized
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The subtext seems to be the government was helpless to respond to Putin's attacks bc we're a liberal democracy
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Which is, ironically, the whole point of the anti-liberal message of Putinism
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Anyway the whole thread is basically saying there's zip any of the most powerful ppl in the government could have done till now
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But AFTER now we should be hopeful the spirit of America will win out because...?
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I hate victim-blaming when it comes to Trump but come on
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This is peak Deep State hubris. Treating voters having any say in how you do your job as an annoying distraction
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And ignoring that on a PRACTICAL, not moral level, this is suicidal. "UGH I'm chugging bourbon at my desk bc you're all so DUMB"
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Even if you're right - hell especially if you're right - your "game-theoretic" strategy ought to take that into account and plan for it
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As it is his prescription for hope seems to be "But we were right, and you'll come crawling back"
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No they won't. Even if they wanted to they might not be able to bc Trump is tearing apart democratic checks on power right now
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But, like, they won't. You've given them no reason to
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