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Putin loves the division (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by JimmyMemes to c/politicalmemes

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Calling it a plan gives him a bit too much credit imo, he is effectively taking advantage of the situation but he’s no mastermind

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

You're not giving Putin enough credit. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics#Content

This is from 1996. They've evolved the plan accordingly.

TLDR: Relevant bit below:

Russia should use its special services within the borders of the United States and Canada to fuel instability and separatism against neoliberal globalist Western hegemony, such as, for instance, provoke "Afro-American racists" to create severe backlash against the rotten political state of affairs in the current present day system of the United States and Canada. 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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

We (Western world, the USA in particular) do it to MANY other countries, Russia would be depriving itself of a very effective solution if they did not do likewise.

The responsibility to protect ourselves against outside aggression was on us, who spends so much money on making billionaires in the Military Industrial Complex richer, yet neglected this most basic of intrusion methods: disinformation.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

No argument. The enemy is within now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

And without as well.

In medicine, bacterial diseases are some of the easiest to treat, but cancer is among the most difficult bc you have to distinguish between friend vs. foe.

[–] njm1314 3 points 6 months ago

Taking advantage of a situation he created.