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There are two competing explanatory narratives battling for mind-share in the U.S.: 1. The nation's social discord is the direct result of Russian social media meddling-- what I call the Boris and Natasha Narrative of evil Russian masterminds controlling a vast conspiracy of social media advertising, fake-news outlets and trolls that have created artificial divides in the body politic, or exacerbated minor cracks into chasms. 2. The nation's social discord is the direct result of soaring wealth/power inequality-- the vast expansion of the wealth and power of the nation's financial elites and their protected class of technocrat enablers and enforcers (the few) at the expense of the unprotected many.... Don't fall for it. The nation's elites are desperate to misdirect us from the
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Mike Norman considers the following as important: Russiagate
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There are two competing explanatory narratives battling for mind-share in the U.S.: 1. The nation's social discord is the direct result of Russian social media meddling-- what I call the Boris and Natasha Narrative of evil Russian masterminds controlling a vast conspiracy of social media advertising, fake-news outlets and trolls that have created artificial divides in the body politic, or exacerbated minor cracks into chasms. 2. The nation's social discord is the direct result of soaring wealth/power inequality-- the vast expansion of the wealth and power of the nation's financial elites and their protected class of technocrat enablers and enforcers (the few) at the expense of the unprotected many.... Don't fall for it. The nation's elites are desperate to misdirect us from the
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Mike Norman considers the following as important: Russiagate
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Mike Norman writes Did Russian Interference Affect the 2016 Election Results? — Alan I. Abramowitz
Mike Norman writes Concord Management and the End of Russiagate? — David Lazare
Mike Norman writes Adam Carter — “Mueller Report – Expensive Estimations And Elusive Evidence”
Mike Norman writes Ray McGovern — Orwellian Cloud Hovers Over Russia-gate
There are two competing explanatory narratives battling for mind-share in the U.S.:
1. The nation's social discord is the direct result of Russian social media meddling-- what I call the Boris and Natasha Narrative of evil Russian masterminds controlling a vast conspiracy of social media advertising, fake-news outlets and trolls that have created artificial divides in the body politic, or exacerbated minor cracks into chasms.
2. The nation's social discord is the direct result of soaring wealth/power inequality-- the vast expansion of the wealth and power of the nation's financial elites and their protected class of technocrat enablers and enforcers (the few) at the expense of the unprotected many....
Don't fall for it. The nation's elites are desperate to misdirect us from the financial and power divide that has enriched and empowered them at the expense of the unprotected many. Every story and every broadcast about Russian influence is another brick in a Great Media Wall designed to block our view of the grim reality of American life in a society defined by vast inequality.
Always start an inquiry with this question: cui bono, to whose benefit? Who benefits from us buying the Boris and Natasha Narrative?
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What's Driving Social Discord: Russian Social Media Meddling or Soaring Wealth/Power Inequality?
Charles Hugh Smith
What's Driving Social Discord: Russian Social Media Meddling or Soaring Wealth/Power Inequality?
Charles Hugh Smith