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Yes, because their objective wasn't necessarily to put Trump in the White House, it was to sow division among the population in the US. It's been reported that both Pro-Trump/Anti-Hillary and Anti-Trump/Pro-Hillary pages were being pushed by the Russian Government.
And going by the way political Discourse has been, especially since the election, I'd say they definitely succeeded.
Comment by ak47revolver9 at 07/12/2019 at 00:38 UTC
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Its honestly pretty scary, because if you look at how echo chambers work and polarize people, it can push those over the edge who are still not sure. The fact this country became so divided over those two, and that Russia played a part, is terrifying. Because who benefits from a divided United States? Sure isn't us.
Comment by SilverBuff_ at 07/12/2019 at 00:54 UTC
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Our own politicians and media did that way before trump