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Wed Jul 25, 2018, 01:41 PM Jul 2018

i'm not into conspiracy theories, but [View all]

no, really, i find confluence-of-interests theories far more plausible -- you don't need different groups to actually conspire when they have their own interests in doing their part that just happens to collectively work out to all their benefit.


that said, the idea that russia has been engaged in a modern propaganda/psychological operations/spying/disruption/recruitment/manipulation/corruption effort for *decades* against america would explain a *lot* about the things that have been going downhill in this country....

murdoch may have had his own interests in creating foxnews, not saying that he specifically is a russian agent. but again,... a confluence of interests....

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