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I saw the headline, and thought " Hey! I post about that book all the time," only to find that I was credited in the post for being the inspiration.
I'd like to say that one of the things that intrigues me about this book, is the mention of "special interests" in America, which seems to indicate undercover agents already planted in America. In 2010, a Russian undercover spy ring was discovered, and sent back to Russia. They were living among us like regular Americans. The incident inspired the TV show The Americans.
I can't help but wonder if one of the "special interests," was Trump himself, along with all of his Russian-compromised henchmen. I wonder if certain elected officials are, or were, included.
Like, e.g. Vance posting on bluesky trying to 'provoke' biased conversation
That's what passes for cleverness among MAGA Nazis.
Is it a book about how Russia becomes the world's hegemon, or how it beats the US/West/Atlanticists?
What does it say in relation to East Asia?
Most interestingly China, considering today's context, but thinking about the time it was written Japan might've been more pertinent in their thinking.
Try the Wikipedia entry under Content. It breaks down the plans for each region.
Interestingly, it mentions Iran is a key ally, referring to the "Moscow-Tehran Axis."
You might be right, since his supposed russian code name is Krasnov
You're doing the Lord's work! 😅 I tried telling people about that book on several occasions and the reaction is always something along the lines of "hm Idk seems accidental". Like no it's not and I'm not some tinfoil hat wearing nutcase, this is real 😄
You and that roundsparrow guy. If youre curious, theres plenty of info to confirm that the operations only increased in frequency and severity. The operation directly interfering in american politics via thought manipulation on the internet was launched in 2013 and continues to this day. Roundsparrow has a bunch of different communities but I think the one most concisely centered around this subject is that countersurkov comm, (I believe thats the correct spelling,) surkov being one of the architects of russian counterintelligence and the orchestrator of russias internal political theater that has allowed putin absolute power since his election. If you've found the dugin book I'm sure you're not too far off from this stuff but I figured I should give it a shout just in case you needed something to ruin your week lol Edit: figured out the link to the surkov comm
That sounds like a wild conspiracy theory to me. We don't need any more conspiracy theories as we get enough from the right.
You might actually want to read the link before you open your mouth and prove yourself stupid.
This is the book that drives Russian foreign policy, and is entirely responsible for the global rise of the far-right. Dismissing it as a "conspiracy theory" marks you as either a Russian-compromised stooge, or an idiot.
Funny thing is my conservative parents have been talking about this book since like the 80s or early 90s? Or perhaps a predecessor that basically was an instruction list of how to take out America (make schools dumber, sow racism, etc) through infiltration or something.
Now they are Fox News worshipers and very much in line with Trump and his policies. They are exactly the people that have fallen for this plan and it’s maddening because they fucking KNOW about it
It was published in 1997. Time flies when you're resisting oppression.