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alex_andreevich4 karma

Hey Alexey! Long-time listener first-time caller here.

Since you wrote pieces for US media and appeared at some shows/podcasts, could you explain why American "experts" on Russia are constantly oversimplifying things or just get a lot of facts wrong?

I've listened to a podcast with you about Trump (the one with Trump's face-melting) and it was painful to listen how many times you have to correct the record when asked about Russia.

alex_andreevich2 karma

Yes, US should immediately invade EU. Can you call country a democracy if citizens can't cast their vote by giving a ballot to a party operative 2 weeks in advance?

alex_andreevich-5 karma

>Personally I do

Then you are dead wrong. Yes, social media firms connected to the Russian state wrote some posts on Facebook and whatnot during the 2016 election. HOWEVER, the number of those posts/interactions pale in comparison with how much candidates/PAC's spent on ads/targeting.

>conspiracy theories concerning voting
Well, maybe the US voting system is a piece of garbage? Like, dude, look at EU. You can't vote without an ID, you can't vote via mail, you can't harvest votes.

But I understand that it's easier to tell to yourself that your compatriots have been manipulated by EVIL RUSKIES than to look at the mirror.