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    This goes both ways though. Maybe it’s time for the EU to interfere in the elections on behalf of democratic parties?

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      Russia and China have been doing for the past couple years, what the CIA did for pretty much the entire latter half of the 20th century.

      As we’ve been seeing, it’s devastatingly effective.

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        Yeah, it sucks, but we kinda have it coming, don’t we?

        The total hubris that our government has shown historically is astounding. Worse, for them to think they could escape, or in any way actually control, the consequences. I mean sure, rich sociopaths are having a grand time; but this shit storm is just getting started.

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          Well I’m not american, and AFAIK my country is far too small to have ever done election interference, yet we’re still seeing a massive surge in far right parties due to Russian and Chinese interference.

          This isn’t a tit for tat situation.

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            Oh, certainly. As Mordo said in Doctor Strange, “The bill always comes due. Always.”

            I think it’s more a matter of a large majority of the world paying the consequences for the actions of blind, hungry men. It really does seem the whole thing is spinning out of control…

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    can’t bite the hands that put him in power… they still need their paws in the system next time around. that mf’er ain’t gonna live forever.

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    Well of course… a) he wants the ‘good’ interference (the sort that has helped him and his fascist cohorts so far), and b) “Elections? Weren’t those something the US used to do? We don’t bother with those any more.”