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As a Brit, this is actually really scary. The fact that the Russians are trying to rig the election hits home how dangerous that country really is
Comment by LordRahl1986 at 06/12/2019 at 22:46 UTC
33 upvotes, 11 direct replies
As an American, Ill remind you what happens when they succeed
Comment by wizard_mitch at 06/12/2019 at 22:50 UTC
7 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Murdoch and the media elite trying to rig the election is the really scary part.
Comment by chentlemen at 07/12/2019 at 00:47 UTC
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Definitely not pro-russian. But playing devils advocate, isn't that what the US does to other countries as well - "influence" their elections/install new regime etc?
Comment by speakhyroglyphically at 06/12/2019 at 22:57 UTC
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The fact that the Russians are trying to rig the election hits home how dangerous that country really is
But also how important Britain is.
Comment by JobDestroyer at 07/12/2019 at 00:03 UTC
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Are thedocuments legitimate? Shouldn't you be thankful to the russians for revealing the truth your government hid?
Comment by PublicLeopard at 07/12/2019 at 00:45 UTC
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Corbyn released these docs and held a press conference, the hell are you going on about Russians rigging elections
Comment by smack1114 at 06/12/2019 at 23:06 UTC
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They don't really want to rig the elections, they want to polarize people and divide. If you think one side of the politics are horrible evil people then you might have taken the bait. They want civil instability. Reports have come out that their goal is to sow discord, but people focus on the election results because they hate Trump won even though the FBI reported they don't think Russia changed the outcome.
Comment by aloysius345 at 06/12/2019 at 23:47 UTC
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I’ve been saying this for years now - what Russia and China are doing in terms of purposefully sowing discord and misinformation should be regarded the same as if they were bombing us. It is a coordinated attack against our countries and should be regarded as an act of war, and responded to in kind.
The fact that it is not just highlights that our politicians are either compromised by these countries or are too old and out of touch to fully comprehend the threat of technological information warfare.
If we were smart in the US, we should have a whole new branch of the military, one devoted to cyberwarfare. Instead, we spend our time and money spying on our own citizens. Because “terrorists”.
Comment by Jlloyd83 at 07/12/2019 at 00:00 UTC
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For context, this is Seamus Milne, Labour's Head of Communications meeting with Putin[1], prior to his current role working for Corbyn.
1: https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/10/31/23/2DFDC9BF00000578-0-image-a-5_1446334019295.jpg
There's so many anti-Tory posts with 10,000s of upvotes on the news subreddits lately anyone outside the UK would think a Labour landslide is inevitable in next weeks election. Most of the comments are straight from the hard-left playbook, all seem to be written with same syntax and sentence structure as well. Maybe I'm just being paranoid?
Comment by anxiousnicedude at 07/12/2019 at 00:07 UTC
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The Russians have been defining the online narrative since Putin. Operation Infektion is still a lie people believe today (the CIA made aids), shows the naivety of westerners today.
There is no escaping Russian influence, getting off social media is highly suggested because it's the most brainwashing platform. Debates online are fueled by Russian a.i bots and trolls.
All these movements like #metoo, #pizzagate, white nationalism, black lives matter have been orchestrated by Russian intel. Anything dividing western countries is amplified by them.
Comment by FeTemp at 06/12/2019 at 22:43 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
If only the government did a report into this...
Comment by [deleted] at 06/12/2019 at 23:41 UTC
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Correct me if I’m wrong please, but doesn’t this sort of information harm the Brexit crowd?
If Labour wins, a new public vote on Brexit happens, and we see if it can’t be undone.
But if they don’t, it’s gonna go No-Deal, and this terrible trade deal becomes a real possibility, right?
Comment by tommygunz007 at 07/12/2019 at 00:18 UTC
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Everyone can be gotten to, remember John F. Kennedy was *allegedly* shot by Lee Harvey Oswald who went to Russia and was trained to shoot. Don't think for a second that somewhere, somehow, one of those secret service can be breached. Everyone has a weak spot. Everyone.
Comment by watchpaintdrytv at 06/12/2019 at 22:58 UTC
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The fact that the Russians are trying to rig the election
bruh they're not "trying" to do shit. They're very successfully accomplishing shit. Enjoy your brexit lol.
Comment by AdeptusSharkus at 06/12/2019 at 22:39 UTC
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If you think every political power doesn't try and influence elections in some manner, you're being wonderfully naive.
Fact is, Russians have less power to rig elections then media broadcasters or social media companies themselves.
It's a minor threat in the scale of everything.
Comment by [deleted] at 07/12/2019 at 00:38 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
It's not rigging an election. It's spamming.
Rigging would be if a domestic political party colluded with its national media outlet to favor a specific candidate
Comment by TheYearOfThe_Rat at 06/12/2019 at 22:44 UTC
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The fact that the Russians are trying to rig the election
I think the biggest danger to any country is the lack of basic education in its citizen.
I've been to the UK only twice (2000 and 2014), but I've seen what your policies do with the common people, it's nobody else's problem that you have grown/created a populace susceptible to manipulation, when they're being told from birth that it's ok to be stupid and that people naturally belong to their "social class".
You've been a pseudomeritocracy for too long, so long in fact, that you have created a new aristocracy and a new problematic ideology leading up to this. But I guess that happens when you're the first country to go through the Industrial Revolution.
Comment by kaen at 07/12/2019 at 00:39 UTC
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Trying? They already succeeded. You think Brexit just happened from nowhere? They have been working on this for decades.
Comment by palex00 at 07/12/2019 at 00:14 UTC
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The EU is currently the greatest threat to Russia. Weakening it with a Brexit is a good plan for them.
Comment by [deleted] at 06/12/2019 at 23:09 UTC
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I would have though Russia using a highly toxic nerve agent to kill Brits would have done it.
Comment by GodofIrony at 06/12/2019 at 23:14 UTC
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They were always dangerous. Anyone who thought different wasn't paying attention.
Comment by thecrunchcrew at 06/12/2019 at 23:53 UTC
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They already succeeded. That's in part why you have this Brexit shitcake.
Comment by ravenHR at 07/12/2019 at 00:53 UTC
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They are trying to destabilize the UK, not necessarily rig the election.
Comment by TheHeroicOnion at 06/12/2019 at 23:52 UTC
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Russia and China need to be taken out. Can't trust them communists.
Comment by TimeTimeTickingAway at 07/12/2019 at 00:13 UTC
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America is also doing it and somehow that is allowed to slide. Heck, every country is probably doing it to some degree.
