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The United States on Friday released a U.S. intelligence assessment sent to more than 100 countries that found Moscow is using spies, social media and Russian state-run media to erode public faith in the integrity of democratic elections worldwide.
“This is a global phenomenon,” said the assessment. “Our information indicates that senior Russian government officials, including the Kremlin, see value in this type of influence operation and perceive it to be effective.”
A senior State Department official, briefing reporters on condition of anonymity, said that Russia was encouraged to intensify its election influence operations by its success in amplifying disinformation about the 2020 U.S. election and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Imagine they would put the same effort into making their own country a decent place to live
It is a decent place to live for the rich oligarchs, and they intend to keep it that way.
Dude, are we still talking about Russia or we switched to America?
Just because America has those in spades doesn’t mean Russia has none.
Fair enough, mine was harmless irony.
The US is not an oligarchy, and that you say this is just a sign of you not recognizing your privilege of not living under an actual oligarchy
I feel like most of the world is an oligarchy, really.
With the natural resources they have, they could have been a major member of the EU providing their people a lifestyle similar to Norway. But no, after the fall of the USSR they decided to go full speed towards a dictatorship. Such a shame.
Or you could make the rest of the world a worse place to live
America is a wonderful place to live. It is not free to live here, but we do have freedom.
I wouldn’t trade my life in the USA to move anywhere else, unless it was an offer that came with a substantial financial incentive that would pay for me to live comfortably without needing a job.
Have you actually been anywhere else??? Lol
The famous American freedom!
Name any freedom that I don’t have as an American that anyone else has elsewhere.
Sure. Drive as fast as you want on the Autobahn. Checkmate, buddy!
Americans can drive as fast as they want on racetracks. I break the speed limit on highways all the time with no consequences. Therefore we have the freedom which you have claimed we do not.
“We can just ignore all the laws which is why we have ultimate freedom.”
Keep it coming. I still haven’t heard anyone legitimately name a freedom that Americans don’t have.
To be more specific about the Autobahn, yes that is a form of freedom, but it’s more like a privilege as you must have licensing etc, and it’s only applicable to one road network or system of highways. We have racetracks all over America with no speed limits, possibly even more miles of track than miles of Autobahn but that is just a wild guess.
Wild indeed
Public drinking.
We can drink in public in the USA, people do it all the time.
And drive at the same time a lot, because they are a fun loving people, but also always in a hurry.
You can walk around in my city in the US with open drinks whenever you want. I live in Ohio, so not even some kinda tourist place
I can enter any shop, any shop, buy a beer, go sit on a bench, and just drink it.
I too have the freedom to drink beer. We have already covered this one.
Good for you!
But you know it’s not common in the US to have this right, you live in those 24 States that give you this freedom. I’ll tell you more, it’s baffling to me that I cannot drink in America (again, in most States, not the whole country, happy now?) if I’m the passenger in a car and you’re driving.
Alcohol is legal in all 50 states, and people drink it as they please in general. Some states do allow passengers to drink in cars, and some even allow a driver to drink if they are below the DUI limit.
So you have a limited case for your point on that one, that some Americans can’t drink alcohol as freely as others wherever they want to. I can concede that European countries have more freedom to drink alcohol than Americans have. We have a similar situation with cannabis laws, where some Americans have more freedom than others.
I have to say, is that all you’ve got? Some countries have more freedom to get drunk and high. That hasn’t been much of an obstacle for the people I know that get drunk and high all the time though.