Reply to post: Re: There were 3 in the server and the little one said...roll over

Just so we're all clear on this: Russia hacked the French elections, US Republicans and Dems

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Re: There were 3 in the server and the little one said...roll over

I think that 'sheeple' is appropriate here - most folk immediately focus on the details of what the various countries secret services are alleged to have done, in this case, what the Russians are alleged to have done. Instead, what people should be focussing on is who is saying the 'what' and, most importantly of all, why are they saying it.

In this case then, what is important is: why are the West's security services are telling us this stuff and what do they hope to achieve by doing so?

What is clear is that when the public can do nothing about what they are told, the only point in telling them is to make them believe something that they would not have thought otherwise.

In summary, when government tells you something about someone else the target they're shooting at is not that someone else - the target is you; the someone else is just the bullet.

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