The CIA are meddling in other countries elections. I wonder if they will be trying to mess it up for Jeremy Corbyn? You bet!
The growth of Bolsonarian fascism in the final stretch of the election campaign, turbo charged by an avalanche of fake news disseminated on the internet, is not surprising. It is an old tactic developed by American and British intelligence agencies, with the goal of manipulating public opinion and influencing political processes and elections. It was used in the Ukraine, in the Arab Spring and in Brazil during 2013.
There is science behind this manipulation.
The documents revealed by Edward Snowden prove that the US and UK intelligence services have specialized and sophisticated departments that are dedicated to manipulating information that circulates on the internet to change the direction of public opinion. For example, the Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group of the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), a British intelligence agency, has a mission and scope that includes the use of “dirty tricks” to destroy, negate, degrade and run over its enemies.
The tactics are, in short: 1) To disseminate all kinds of false information on the internet to destroy the reputation of its targets; and 2) Use social sciences and other psycho-social techniques to manipulate the online discourse and activism, with the goal of generating desirable results.
Brazil Wire
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The article starts with, “The growth of Bolsonarian fascism…”
I almost stopped reading right there. Everyone calls everyone else a “fascist,” a “Nazi,” and so on. Such clichés are so overused that they have lost meaning.
Anyway, is the article claiming that the CIA is behind the popularity of Jair Bolsonaro? If so, I question that. Bolsonaro is part of the global wave of “Trumpism.” Average people are so tired of corrupt politics-as-usual that they are voting for political wild cards like Trump and Bolsonaro, who they see as “outsiders.”
The Brazilian Left was strong during the commodities boom, but when the boom ended, the Left had nothing to offer but neoliberalism camouflaged by identity politics. It’s the same with leading Democrats in the USA, and Blairite neoliberal Labour MPs in the UK.
More and more people are sick of corrupt politics-as-usual. They are sick of being called “deplorable” by holier-than-thou social justice warriors. They are sick of the entertainment industry’s politically correct, gender-“woke” trash. They are sick of the corporate news outlets' breathless chatter about nothing.
Bolsonaro is no savior. He’s Trump. And when Bolsonaro wins on 28 October, the moribund Brazilian Left will blame “Russian meddling,” since they have nothing to offer except identity politics and the Russia-gate hoax.
Indeed this garbage has already begun...
Russian hackers are trying to interfere in Brazilian elections, cybersecurity firm says
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/world/2018/10/russian-hackers-are-trying-to-interfere-in-brazilian-elections-cybersecurity-firm-says.shtml
Russia now targeting elections in India, Brazil: Oxford expert tells US lawmakers
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/russia-now-targeting-elections-in-india-brazil-oxford-expert-tells-us-lawmakers/articleshow/65249727.cms
This trash never ends.
Some liberals are humanists.
Others are self-centered creeps who hide behind identity politics and the Russia-gate hoax.
Here’s an example of the latter (written by a feminist)…
Russian state propaganda loves Donald Trump's nominee Brett Kavanaugh
https://www.newsweek.com/brett-kavanaugh-has-huge-opposition-us-russian-state-propaganda-loves-donald-1155046?utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=NewsweekTwitter&utm_medium=Social
I was disappointed, Konrad, that the article did but give more specific details of how the propaganda works.
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