Americans Believe Russian Disinformation ‘To Alarming Degree’

www.forbes.com Americans Believe Russian Disinformation ‘To Alarming Degree’

A third of Americans have fallen for Russian disinformation as well as other false online claims about health, elections and international conflict.

Republicans were, though, more likely to believe Russian disinformation claims than their Democratic counterparts, with 57.6% falling for at least one Russian disinformation claim, compared with just 17.9% of Democrats and 29.5% of people who didn't identify with one particular party.

Armed Democrats @midwest.social

Republicans Believe Russian Disinformation ‘To Alarming Degree’

www.forbes.com /sites/emmawoollacott/2025/04/22/americans-believe-russian-disinformation-to-alarming-degree/

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Hybrid War Lost @lemm.ee

Americans Believe Russian Disinformation ‘To Alarming Degree’ <<< "Hearts and Minds of the Russian enemy" were won by Kremlin using Hybrid Warfare since March 2013, Cambridge Analytica payloads

www.forbes.com /sites/emmawoollacott/2025/04/22/americans-believe-russian-disinformation-to-alarming-degree/

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It was alarming the first time around. It isn't now. This country is filled with blissfully stupid people.
- KGB handbook describes this in great detail. Amplify and boost the loudest, worst voices on both sides of every political and social issue, so that people hate each other and everyone thinks the worst of each other, thus embracing the worst image the other side has of each other.
  Further, by making literally every issue, no matter how small, into a contentious debate where you can't tell what's real or not, the average voter or citizen just starts to tune it all out.
  Why do you think the general public is abandoning science and basic liberal democracy? Why do you think people suddenly seem to not care about basic empathy or rights for fellow citizens?
  They've all tuned out, they don't care anymore because everything is too stupid, too nonsensical, too contentious, so the alternative is to buy whatever the leadership says, keep your head down, and get back to work. Welcome to the end of the cold war. Victory to Russia.
  
  anti-vaxxers was also pushed by russia too, it made sense since russias own people refused to take the machine, because it worked too well.
  
  While it's definitely the KGB's handbook, I think they got a little help from Al-Qaida with 9/11. They deserve some of the credit as well for helping steer America this way. Victory to Russia. Victory to Al-Qaida.
  
  foundation of geopolitics.

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