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| SecondWar said: Does your family live in the former East Germany? I’m assuming so as otherwise I’m at a loss to explain why they are so easily swayed by the Russian propaganda. |
No, we're in the southwest, but I think this issue happens everywhere throughout the country. I believe russian involvmen led to a fair nmber of bad developments in recent years. It is well known that russian bots and trolls played a vital part in the rise of the AFD, a very young but very loud and annoying right-wing party, in the latest years. Also, russian bots played a major role in the pandemic and influenced a lot of people into not vaccinating and being sceptical about literally everything the government says or does. Heck, they even influenced the entire continent, I'd say. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that they are somehow involved in the nationalist movements in the Netherlands, France, Italy and Belgium of the recent years. It is also well known that russian bots and scam campaigns influenced the recent US presidency elections. All of this aims to destabilize the people, to induce doubt, fear and distrust, and to weaken the unitiy. I really wish that this bullshit would slow down or even stop for good once Putins bites the dust.
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