Russia did not change our society--IOW, that was not their goal. They took advantage of what our society IS.
Creating chaos, distrust, and division is easy... and democracies are weak in that they can only tolerate so much division and distrust before they collapse. If you want to destroy a society, the reality is that you do not have to…
Russia did not change our society--IOW, that was not their goal. They took advantage of what our society IS.
Creating chaos, distrust, and division is easy... and democracies are weak in that they can only tolerate so much division and distrust before they collapse. If you want to destroy a society, the reality is that you do not have to do much--it will tend to fall apart by itself over time as the various groups separate themselves from each other (a natural tendency) and each pursues what it perceives to be their own interests.
It takes a LOT of work to maintain a society and you can't ever stop working on maintaining it.
None of this happens fast (we have been working our way to where we are basically since the 60s, in terms of proximate causes).
What I present here is a particular narrative, based upon MY reading, observation, and thought over the last 30 years or so. There are biases in it and blind spots--I don't pretend to fully understand any of this. I don't think anyone fully understands all of this.
Russia did not change our society--IOW, that was not their goal. They took advantage of what our society IS.
Creating chaos, distrust, and division is easy... and democracies are weak in that they can only tolerate so much division and distrust before they collapse. If you want to destroy a society, the reality is that you do not have to do much--it will tend to fall apart by itself over time as the various groups separate themselves from each other (a natural tendency) and each pursues what it perceives to be their own interests.
It takes a LOT of work to maintain a society and you can't ever stop working on maintaining it.
None of this happens fast (we have been working our way to where we are basically since the 60s, in terms of proximate causes).
What I present here is a particular narrative, based upon MY reading, observation, and thought over the last 30 years or so. There are biases in it and blind spots--I don't pretend to fully understand any of this. I don't think anyone fully understands all of this.
:)