• Letstakealook@lemm.ee
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    11 hours ago

    Russia isn’t to blame for this. That’s a cop out. Centuries of white supremacy, colonialism, Christian nationalism, civic religion, and unchecked capitalism have led to this moment.

    • FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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      Two things can be true at once.

      Russia is exploiting these centuries of white supremacism and christian nationalism in order to forment chaos on in the west. It had undoubtedly helped Trump ever since 2016.