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The point is subversion. That means you take someone who already has a wacky idea and you pull them even further in that direction. Eventually you turn an average dummy into a raging moron. The point is to always push them further and cause division. They don't care about sides, they care about division, which is what subversion is about. Poisoning a country from within, using people's already established proclivities. We are very naive in the West to this tactic, that's why it works so well. If you find yourself becoming a bit extreme and seeing others around you as the enemy subversion is working and you won't every know it b/c you'll say to yourself "but I was already thinking that before I became a raving lunatic". You were drinking the beer but over time became addicted to vodka.
Comment by TangerineIsland at 06/12/2019 at 22:56 UTC
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Good comment, this adds to my perspective. Question though, what are otherwise neutral bystanders supposed to be doing when the one polarized majority is actively ruining the country? The Republican voter base/politicians working for Russia machine is a tragedy. How do we stop it?
Comment by [deleted] at 06/12/2019 at 22:49 UTC
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In this description it is absolutely not working on me lol. You and the guy above you have two polar opposite explanations as to what the results of successful disinformation tactics are, though perhaps they are both somewhat correct.
Comment by InputField at 06/12/2019 at 23:13 UTC
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Exactly, in this case, they care about polarizing people.
Even when you want people to ultimately vote for someone like Trump, it can still be useful to make both sides more extreme.
Comment by ThighLover420 at 07/12/2019 at 00:07 UTC
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Or maybe it's because I genuinely see the other side's policies as evil since they want to gut healthcare, sell the world to the fossil fuels industry so we all die before 2100, put people in cages, etc. But nah, it's all the Russians, I couldn't possibly *actually* think those things are detestable
Comment by packersSB55champs at 07/12/2019 at 00:06 UTC
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The point is subversion
D&D won't be a out of a job for too long then
Comment by AlexReynard at 06/12/2019 at 22:38 UTC
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This is exactly why I spend so much time on Imgur trying to gently ease peopel out of thinking their fellow countrymen are Nazis. Polarization is fucking us worse than any side or person.