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Re:Facebook says it sold political ads to Russian company du... by raquo on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @06:08PM (#15187534)
It's the line that Putin and Lavrov (foreign minister) have been pushing since forever: "you westerners are no better than us, stop shaming us for the shady things that we do". That's an easy way to keep your population happy – tell them that life is no better in other countries. Corruption is everywhere, police state is everywhere, etc. And most Russians believe that.
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Re:Facebook says it sold political ads to Russian company du... by marksomnian on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @06:31PM (#15187668)
Whataboutwhataboutism-ism.
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Re:Facebook says it sold political ads to Russian company du... by Sommersonn on Thursday September 07, 2017 @12:35PM (#15193410)
There's a definition for that: "reverse cargo cult". Russians are told to believe that Westerners build their planes from branches and dirt too - but Westerners pretend better.
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Re:Facebook says it sold political ads to Russian company du... by bitJericho on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @06:44PM (#15187741)
Well it's true in the us, Russia, china, Australia. That's not everywhere but that is quite a lot of ground.
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Re:Facebook says it sold political ads to Russian company du... by Retric on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @06:55PM (#15187809)
Russia does not have actual meaningful elections. That's a fairly fundamental difference.
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Re:Facebook says it sold political ads to Russian company du... by 0xbear on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @07:07PM (#15187861)
Neither does the US really, in the sense that no matter who wins, you lose.
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Re:Facebook says it sold political ads to Russian company du... by bitJericho on Thursday September 07, 2017 @09:12AM (#15191472)
It's true. You can only win an election with piles of money. With gerrymandering and lying. The US government is a train wreck
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