Gail Waldby posted this on Mastodon today, October 17, 2024.
Since March 2013, Russia's information warfare has been amplifying #OutGroupHate - any reason to hate any group or person. Memes and messages, 'wedge issues" as political scientists sometimes call it. And often there is no "side" that Russia encourages, hate itself is the self-destruction payload. It is even self-destructive to domestic Russia. All Russia cares is that human brains are attracted to hate.