[ExI] eximod & Exi Political Posting (two subjects combined)

[Rafal Smigrodzki]

On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 4:10 PM Robert G. Kennedy III, PE via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

>
> For those of you who haven't read the book, it is the best one Vinge
> ever wrote.  So far.  IMHO.
>

### Yes!


> Polarizing and partitioning *any* competing society with "wedge issues"
> is in general an avowed goal and century-plus-long practice of what used
> to be called the /oprichnina/ under the tsars, then CheKa then OGPU then
> NKVD/MVD then KGB now FSB, plus their military brethren in the GRU.  To
> the guys who run /dezinformatisya/ campaigns (that word in Russian has
> never changed) and are playing the long game, chaos is a perfectly
> acceptable even desirable outcome, regardless whether or not one faction
> is aligned with Russian interests.
> The *only* antidote in reach is sunlight and openness, and a commitment
> to the basic principles of self-governance.
>

### Absolutely!

Rafal
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