Trump didn’t do it alone. Russia had been planting the seeds for decades, and Republicans have been cashing in against their own country for a while now too. There’s little incentive for these people to protect democracy apparently.
I think it’s more helpful to see Trump, Putin, whoever as the logical results of oligarchy, rather than 4 dimensional chess of Russia. Capital like strong men who defend the interest of capital, and don’t like democracy because they aren’t popular with the majority.
Trump didn’t do it alone. Russia had been planting the seeds for decades, and Republicans have been cashing in against their own country for a while now too. There’s little incentive for these people to protect democracy apparently.
I think it’s more helpful to see Trump, Putin, whoever as the logical results of oligarchy, rather than 4 dimensional chess of Russia. Capital like strong men who defend the interest of capital, and don’t like democracy because they aren’t popular with the majority.