I disagree. Tearing down the very concept of the truth, and making everything a fact-free free-for-all where whoever has the loudest platform can convince everyone of whatever crazy nonsense and then people will run with it, is exactly their goal.
Russia actually, in the early days when they were deploying this stuff for regional politics, used this to great effect. They would propagandize for themselves, for their enemies, for random other points of view, they would fund opposition-aligned organizations and promote big messy fights, until people couldn’t tell up from down anymore. Truth matters. That is the only solution, to me.
I disagree. Tearing down the very concept of the truth, and making everything a fact-free free-for-all where whoever has the loudest platform can convince everyone of whatever crazy nonsense and then people will run with it, is exactly their goal.
Russia actually, in the early days when they were deploying this stuff for regional politics, used this to great effect. They would propagandize for themselves, for their enemies, for random other points of view, they would fund opposition-aligned organizations and promote big messy fights, until people couldn’t tell up from down anymore. Truth matters. That is the only solution, to me.