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Re:Russia used Facebook ads to exploit divisions over Black ... by nthitz on Monday September 25, 2017 @07:10PM (#15334919)
Seems right out of Foundations of Geopolitics [1].

> Russia should use its special services within the borders of the United States to fuel instability and separatism, for instance, provoke "Afro-American racists". Russia should "introduce geopolitical disorder into internal American activity, encouraging all kinds of separatism and ethnic, social and racial conflicts, actively supporting all dissident movements – extremist, racist, and sectarian groups, thus destabilizing internal political processes in the U.S. It would also make sense simultaneously to support isolationist tendencies in American politics."

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics

Re:Russia used Facebook ads to exploit divisions over Black ... by kiernanmcgowan on Monday September 25, 2017 @08:38PM (#15335300)
Other eery points:

The United Kingdom should be cut off from Europe.

Ukraine should be annexed by Russia.

Russia needs to create "geopolitical shocks" within Turkey. These can be achieved by employing Kurds, Armenians and other minorities.

Re:Russia used Facebook ads to exploit divisions over Black ... by 0xbear on Monday September 25, 2017 @07:46PM (#15335098)
That’s where identity politics US politicians have been carefully cultivating for decades will bite them square in the ass.
Re:Russia used Facebook ads to exploit divisions over Black ... by j1vms on Monday September 25, 2017 @07:22PM (#15334961)
> use its special services within the borders of the United States to fuel instability and separatism...

And therein lies the sad reality for us all. Given how brilliant Russians truly are, had they directed their tremendous cultural wealth instead toward stabilizing and strengthening this world, perhaps they would have already achieved their goals of leading it long ago. Of course, that might entail in some ways to not follow in the footsteps of its current leaders.

Re:Russia used Facebook ads to exploit divisions over Black ... by anuragojha on Monday September 25, 2017 @07:30PM (#15335005)
> had(Russian) they directed their tremendous cultural wealth instead toward stabilizing and strengthening this world, perhaps they would have already achieved their goals of leading it long ago.

Do you have any examples from the current roster of leading nations that have used their resources to contribute to stability of the world?

The sad reality is USA does all it can to retain power. All other are trying everything they can to obtain it.

Re:Russia used Facebook ads to exploit divisions over Black ... by nasredin on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @07:14AM (#15337668)
Somebody has to be on top.

Would you rather have:

USA

Russia

China

...be the top dog?

It is not perfect but USA being the lone superpower is probably the best choice.

Re:Russia used Facebook ads to exploit divisions over Black ... by thedevil on Monday September 25, 2017 @08:21PM (#15335247)
Somewhat tangential, but does anyone know why Russia likes the word "geopolitics" so much? Does it mirror a Russian word with a similar meaning?

In my experience, it's used so much by Russian propaganda sources and so rarely elsewhere that it serves as a good fingerprint of the Kremlin's influence. If someone uses it, I know there's a good chance that either they're Russian (and read Russian news) or that they read/watch RT.

Re:Russia used Facebook ads to exploit divisions over Black ... by dgudkov on Monday September 25, 2017 @08:51PM (#15335341)
The interest in geopolitics is deeply imprinted in the Russian mindset from the Soviet era. Since the dawn of the USSR the Communists always thought in terms of geopolitics and influence expansion. It constantly translated through the state propaganda to the masses. Therefore, an average Soviet person would be more interested in the progress on "helping our friends / fighting our enemies abroad" rather than in having good schools and roads in his/her local community. The vast majority of the country were in ruins yet its people were immensely proud of advances in Korea/Afghanistan/Vietnam/Egypt and whatever other warzone the USSR was involved at that time. This mindset has successfully survived the collapse of the USSR and is now widespread in Putin's Russia. Only this time it's about Georgia/Ukraine/Syria as warzones in a traditional sense, and US/Europe as cyber-warzones.
Re:Russia used Facebook ads to exploit divisions over Black ... by thriftwy on Monday September 25, 2017 @09:25PM (#15335471)
> The vast majority of the country were in ruins

The vast majority of USSR were in ruins? Reality check hello? I see you here from time to time, every one of them political load >> facts.

That makes you a Soviet person like the one you describe.

Re:Russia used Facebook ads to exploit divisions over Black ... by nasredin on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @07:20AM (#15337698)
> The vast majority of the country were in ruins

He's talking about WWII, probably the single biggest even to shape Soviet/Russian worldview.

Re:Russia used Facebook ads to exploit divisions over Black ... by thriftwy on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @09:25AM (#15338399)
"yet its people were immensely proud of advances in Korea/Afghanistan/Vietnam/Egypt and whatever other warzone the USSR was involved at that time"

Afghanistan was in late 1970-s, I mean come on. Egypt before that but pretty far from ruins period. One can probably only claim it about Korean War.

Re:Russia used Facebook ads to exploit divisions over Black ... by int_19h on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @12:45AM (#15336248)
The Russian word is nearly the same - "geopolitika".

It does seem to have been popularized by Dugin and other modern Eurasianists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasianism

Re:Russia used Facebook ads to exploit divisions over Black ... by throw-away-8 on Monday September 25, 2017 @09:30PM (#15335497)