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Avalux

(35,015 posts)
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 11:30 AM Aug 2016

I'm thinking we're in a cyber war with Russia.

I remember reading years ago that cyber wars between nations would be the best and most effective way to take down a government - the way of the future.

There seems to be an increase in different government and high profile entities being hacked by the Russians (according to reports), and then distribution of the information to the public.

Drumpf is tied to Russia although those ties are murky; is he leading a coup of our government (disguised as a presidential campaign) with help from the Russians?

It's all about money to him - he's using campaign money to buy his own shitty products. He doesn't care about people or this country. He would sell us off to the highest bidder in a heartbeat and it could all be done in a very clandestine way (which is what I'm picking up on).

What's going on behind the curtain while Drumpf publicly shocks and confuses people?
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I realize this sounds tin-foil hat-like, but I think anything is possible these days.

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I'm thinking we're in a cyber war with Russia. (Original Post) Avalux Aug 2016 OP
"He would sell us off to the highest bidder in a heartbeat" world wide wally Aug 2016 #1
Agreed. Iggo Aug 2016 #2
There are reports of paid Russian trolls writing pro-Trump posts... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #3
It's not tinfoilish at all. Of COURSE there's spying and cyber-warfare going on. KittyWampus Aug 2016 #4

world wide wally

(21,718 posts)
1. "He would sell us off to the highest bidder in a heartbeat"
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 12:23 PM
Aug 2016

Nothing more need be said and I challenge anyone to refute this.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,846 posts)
3. There are reports of paid Russian trolls writing pro-Trump posts...
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 01:22 PM
Aug 2016

... on various internet sites in the USA.

It also wouldn't surprise me if Russia uses AI bots to do the same. I'm not sure about Russia's capacity for such technology at this point, but it obviously exists.

Read this story about Microsoft creating an AI bot to interact with people on Twitter and how that turned out:
http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/24/11297050/tay-microsoft-chatbot-racist

Russia knows about racial and other tensions in this country. They're NOT our buddies, and they would be fools to not try to exploit it. They would also be fools to not exploit distrust in our government and distrust of science.

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