John Ripleyjripley@mastodon.social
Oct 11, 2026, 4:52 PMRE: https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/117422866823337275
And the progenitor of all of this: (careful I do not summon a troll army) that gate thing to do with people who play games. The test run.
All of this cost Russia *peanuts*. They were about to go bankrupt, and end up with Putin being weakened to the point where he might go, due to sanctions. Then they started the social media ops, buying politicians for a rounding error away from zero, and got close to infinity returns.
Ultimately this is why you can’t allow power or money concentration.