Richard Spencer too stupid to interview

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@NickyG

We get it we get it, you hate the USA.

Nope.

Most Americans under 30 "do not support capitalism"

Despite my vigorous critique of the ethics of US foreign policy, I don’t think “AMERICA BAD!”. I think that America is a country of extremes; the best bits of it are astonishingly good, the worst bits of it are diabolically evil. US Foreign policy has, IMO, mostly fallen on the bad side of that ledger. When it occasionally stumbles into virtue, it tends to do so under the pressure of strong self interest, and even the virtuous actions are often corrupted by profit extraction in the aftermath. …

@NickyG

Meanwhile, us Americans who give a shit about democracy (which by the way, tends to overlap with Americans who are concerned about the USA’s own anti-democratic actions) will continue to get worked up about a hostile foreign power MUCH less democratic than our own, attacking us via electronic warfare.

Should Americans be annoyed by the Russian interference, and try to stop it from continuing? Of course.

But they should also recognise the gross hypocrisy of their position, and be careful in differentiating acts of propaganda from acts of war.

'Russians were responsible for hacking the DNC,' says Obama in final 2016 press conference

A point made upthread is that there is nothing unprecedented about this. The USA has been covertly interfering in foreign elections constantly for a century, in both hostile and allied countries. The USA has engaged in undeclared cyberattacks that actually did destroy physical infrastructure. The USA is currently attacking every computer it can reach for surveillance and blackmail purposes. Yes, it’s a shitty thing when a foreign power subverts your democracy, and the ordinary people are righ…