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Re:‘Putin’s chef’ admits to interfering in U.S. elections by this_user on Monday November 07, 2022 @01:30PM (#33510002)
That is what a lot of people are missing with this: The goal of Russian propaganda has always been to create chaos and get people to disengage by creating a feeling that nothing is true, or at least that the truth is unknowable. Hence the constant stream of extremely transparent lies and BS.

In other words, the point of their election interference is not primarily to manipulate the election successfully, but to create the belief that they did.

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Re:‘Putin’s chef’ admits to interfering in U.S. elections by bjhartin on Monday November 07, 2022 @02:30PM (#33511060)
This. What a powerful tool - try to get people to believe what you want, but if you fail, steer the landing so it just further adds to the confusion, rather than being evidence of dishonesty.
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