grizzlyPinocch

The biggest problem I have with arguments like this is that it seems to take the extent of Russian influence out of context. In the Mueller report, it mentions that the IRA purchased ~$100,000 worth of ads on Facebook (pg. 25). In comparison, the Russian government has spend ~$40m lobbying the US government through legal channels.

We shouldn't be comfortable with Russian influence, but we shouldn't allow our political opinions to be so dramatically warped by something that seems so proportionately small. As far as the Russians go, I think characterizing Thiel as being part of some "dark-money" republican machine that supports "Russian propaganda" is not accurate (or to the extent to which it is accurate, it doesn't matter). Not defending his position on other things, though.