For dictatorships a misinformation campaign is both way more effective and cheaper than a single Mig fighter jet. This asymmetric war was already a big problem, but the oligarch Musk might have been too loud a siren for the sleepy lawmakers that believed that democracies will survive no matter how much you are killing its base.
- yes, there are all kind of problems people are rightly upset about.
- yes, politicians have traded trust for political results.
- yes, the US/EU has also failed by opting for "Real Politik" instead of values.
- no, a whattabouttism doesn´t help our societies. Instead, fight to preserve and improve what we inherited.
- no, helping to fuel distrust undercuts the fabric of our societies.