• tartarin@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    I don’t believe it. Not these guys are good or whatever, but being Russian agents is a stretch. There may be common interest without being an agent of the evil Russian regime. Musk and Thiel are playing for themselves, not for the Russians and if they need to side with them to reach their goal, they will. To some extent, how can we be sure trying to paint them as Moscow’s agents isn’t the game Putin is playing to destabilize the USA?

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      1 day ago

      Ever seen Borat Subsequent Moviefilm? I believe that accidentally showed a window into what was going on in the scene with Giovanni. Remember the one where he clearly thought the young woman who was there to interview him on camera was actually there to have sex with him (still on camera)?

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      2 days ago

      Never said anything about them being Russian spies, just that they are being influenced and there is evidence to prove it.

      Oh yes. This is all part of Russia masterful campaign to get us to distrust Thiel and Musk. See how dumb that sounds.

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        2 days ago

        I didn’t say it is part of a Russian master plan, but in this area, lies are masters. So, it’s hard to take anything for granted because that guy said so or this other said otherwise.

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          1 day ago

          This guy is giving up his career over this, so that gives some credence for me at least. I do agree that it is hard to tell what is real with all the disinformation going around.

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      2 days ago

      Careful, I have multiple angry people stalking my comment history now for questioning this claim.