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Comment by tasty_freeze

Governments have the resources to dedicate people to doing things like this. Once they have the ability to shape discussions, they will.

Russia doesn't care if Black Lives Matter or not. They promoted inflammatory postings on both sides of the issue simply because chaos and weaking public trust is a goal for them. Sure, you might not care about the issue and don't visit those subreddits, but it still affects you because the community you live in.

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