Quote (Black XistenZ @ Jan 3 2021 07:53pm)
I really dont think that a president Hillary would have been any less divisive than Trump. Republicans would have hated her by about the same degree as liberals hated Trump. Yes, the mainstream media would have sucked her ladydick 24/7, but on the other hand, she would not have been as popular with her base as Trump was with his.
In the end, the true story here is that Trump was only able to become president in the first place because the country already was really really REALLY fucking divided.
Trump being a loose cannon meant that him being president was a "high risk high reward" situation from Russia's pov. Could easily have backfired for them if they had rubbed the unstable megalomaniac the wrong way. Also, was it really a given that Trump would be quite as isolationist in his foreign policy as he turned out to be? Chances were surely above 50%, but there was no guarantee whatsoever. Trump being easy to manipulate could also have ended with another Iraq war situation, where a gullible president gets sucked in by his advisors and generals who want to go to war. The upside of a Trump presidency for Russia certainly outweighed the risks, but I dont think that it was as much of a slam dunk for them as you claim it was.
I think hatred towards Hillary would have been in the same ballpark as Obama.
Being popular with your base only is precisely what the Russians want. They also knew that with his rhetoric, he'd continue to fan the flames. It wouldn't surprise me if the Russians were pushing the Bernie Bro rhetoric as well.
Quote (EndlessSky @ Jan 3 2021 05:05pm)
I doubt that. The fact that our government can't ban Tic Toc is proof that China is already controlling our government and culture from the top-down. China used Tic Toc to spread instructional videos about how to riot among far left antifa types.
$$$. That's where China has us by the balls. Until our corporations grow a fucking pair, China will continue to grow in power.
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