Tue Apr 11, 2017 11:53 PM
There are 3 different groups that spread false flags. True believers, conspiracy theorist salesmen (Alex Jones), and purposeful propagandists (RT, Sputnik News).
The predominant theme was anti-globalism – from both the left and the right. Anti-imperialism – especially about USA. Lots of references to powerful elite. Pseudoscience (anti-vaccine, anti-GMOs, flat-earthers).
These serve as magnets for various types of people (even from the left), and ropes them into the alt-right, and some have become Trump supporters.
Nationalism, as an ideology, is spreading all over the world.
Oddly enough, nutritional supplement ads were common on conspiracy theorist sites like Info Wars.
The Russian government has a strategy, not trying to convince you of anything in particular, but rather to make you distrust the media in general so that you don’t know what to believe or who to trust. And then you are very easily manipulated because you are more likely to believe in conspiracy theories.
http://kuow.org/post/uw-professor-tracking-rise-disinformation
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