Nothing? Nah, there’s something there. As I’ve been saying for quite a long time:
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Trump’s alliance with Putin was clear from early in the primary, and that was later confirmed by the Steele dossier.
My objection to the Russia scaremongering by the Establishment Dems is not based in an assumption that the Russian government was not involved. They very obviously were.
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The characterisation of the Russian interference as an “attack” is misleading and dangerous. It is also hypocritical to an extreme degree, given the USA’s well established habit of constantly interfering in elections across the world.
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The enthusiasm with which the Dem Establishment jumped upon the attempt to paint BLM, Antifa and NoDAPL as Russian pawns was disgusting. There is a long history of Red Scare bullshit being weaponised against American minorities, and the current context makes that habit particularly dangerous.
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While Russian interference almost certainly had some impact on the vote, it appears to have been relatively minor. Russia did not win the election for Trump, except in the sense that everything that had more than a trivial impact is “decisive” in an election that close. If not for misogyny, Clinton would have won. If not for voter suppression, Clinton would have won. If not for the spectacularly incompetent mismanagement of the Democratic Presidential campaign, Clinton would have won. If not for Russia, Clinton would have won. But that was only one of a thousand factors that created the current mess.
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Putin is not the problem, Trump is not the problem. Fascism, white supremacy, militarism and imperialism are the problem. Trump is just the figurehead of a much larger systemic issue. Framing the situation as “Russia subverts American democracy” is a mistake that misses the real issue. It isn’t Russia vs USA; it’s rising global fascism (of which both Trump and Putin are a part) vs everybody. Remove Putin, remove Trump; the problem remains. You need to pull the weeds by the roots, and the roots of this one go all the way back to the 3/5ths Compromise.
