Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.
Albert Einstein in 1929
Isn’t measles the measles of mankind?
That’s not what I’ve heard
No, measles is cross-species - many apes and monkeys are susceptible to it. Scientists believe it originally mutated from the rinderpest virus which is originally carried by ruminants (cows, ox, buffalo, many others) around 6th century BCE.
Sounds like a smart guy.
The Russians are fighting a covert war against the west for decades, destabilizing society at every corner. Their biggest success so far was Brexit, but if you see all the rising extremist parties in Europe, they all seem to have a weak spot for Putin for some reason.
In Germany, both the extreme left (BSW) as well as the extreme right (AfD) are Putin apologetist or even open supporter. Both regularly have problems explaining some donations…
Wow, will no one save us from Russian disinformation!?
Whoops, wrong administration to ask.
Is this their version of MAGA?
They didn’t invent nationalism.
Well, no fucking shit. I was asking if this was the equivalent because I’ve never heard of it.
It’s the equivalent of the nationalistic party of any country.
Ok, so like MAGA. 👍
We’ve all heard talk about “hybrid warfare” and how Russian intelligence has done some amazing thing in the last decade, but it really is just “promote bad leaders to break democracies abroad”. Statecraft is so much easier when you can pick your own adversaries.
Going voting tomorrow morning. Fuck these guys.
Can we all start interfering in Russian politics to get back at them?
