Russia launched an attack on USA political system

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Russia launched an attack on USA political system

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https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/201 ... th-vpx.cnn

From Mueller's mouth to our ears.
Can everyone stop going "Oh paranoid Russian conspiracy! 8F" to shut us down now? PLease?
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And the sad part is, they're gonna do it again next year. And there's nothing being done to counter them. They've become the Nazi Germany of the 21st century.
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Well we could stop it if we went with reasonably secure voting machines, but apparently nobody in charge gives a blue fuck.
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Welcome to Earth.

Okay, sorry, been rewatching ID4 a lot lately. But point being, that's how it's been since 2000, and it's showing no signs of changing.
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Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 2:40 am Well we could stop it if we went with reasonably secure voting machines, but apparently nobody in charge gives a blue fuck.
Because they benefit from them. If the opposition benefited from them, there wouldn't have been exploits in the first place.
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Paper ballots = most secure voting ever.
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Yukaphile wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 4:08 am Paper ballots = most secure voting ever.
And a good chunk of them wouldn't be counted. Maybe for legitimate reasons, maybe for no reason at all.
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But absolutely no chance of electronic trickery. People like Orwell could see this coming a mile off... people like Einstein...
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Sad thing is that this is allowed to happen because it benefits them and those that have bought out American politicians so things are only going to get worse.
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In my darker moments, I sometimes hope for a war, because it sure feels a lot safer than living in a conquered world, where history is being rewritten.
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