propaganda destroys the ability of its targets to even recognize, much less fight their enemies.
Here are 20 tactics the Kremlin has been using for years to make war on other nations:
The targeted use of corruption;
Cyber-attacks on the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data held on a target country’s computer systems;
Diplomatic divide-and-rule games designed to weaken multilateral rule-based organizations, and to create the perception of the targeted country’s isolation and indefensibility;
The exploitation of economic, ethnic, linguistic, regional, religious, social and other divisions;
Economic sanctions such as import curbs and restrictions on exports and transit;
Interference with energy supplies, especially natural gas;
Stoking financial panics;
Weaponizing history to besmirch the reputation of a target country and hide Kremlin crimes;
Covert information operations such as the hacking and leaking attacks seen in the U.S. and
French presidential elections;
Abuse of the international legal system, such as issuing Interpol Red Notices to critics, mounting libel actions and vexatious lawsuits;
Military bluffing and saber-rattling; irregular and regular warfare;
The use of organized crime networks to demoralize decision-makers and public opinion;
Overt and covert payments to buy influence in political parties, think tanks, media outlets and academic institutions;
Physical intimidation of opponents and critics;
Psychological warfare on an individual and collective basis;
The exploitation of religious sentiment, especially among Orthodox believers;
Physical sabotage of critical infrastructure;
Subversion of social norms, public confidence and state institutions; and
Support for violent anti-social behavior.
Russian and our domestic right-wing enemies have personality profiles on probably everyone who's signed up on a political forum now, you know, and are able to use social media to target their messages to our weaknesses. I don't get the "everything our enemies do is really the Democrats' fault, so why bother voting" ones, btw. I wish the demoralized ones could see these responses to this article about right-wing evil through my eyes.
As for this article, the "seeding" began back in the late 1960s/early 1970s and has been growing toxic, anti-Democrat weeds every year since. James O'Keefe and the take-down of ACORN was funded by the same people who are paying to corrupt our will to resist today.
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