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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 3115635" data-attributes="member: 56035"><p><strong><a href="https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/10/06/hedg-o06.html" target="_blank">The elites “have no credibility left:” An interview with journalist Chris Hedges</a></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>David North:</strong> How do you interpret the fixation on Russia and the entire interpretation of the election within the framework of Putin’s manipulation?</p><p></p><p><strong>Chris Hedges:</strong> It’s as ridiculous as Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction. It is an absolutely unproven allegation that is used to perpetuate a very frightening accusation—critics of corporate capitalism and imperialism are foreign agents for Russia.</p><p></p><p>I have no doubt that the Russians invested time, energy and money into attempting to influence events in the United States in ways that would serve their interests, in the same way that we have done and do in Russia and all sorts of other countries throughout the world. So I’m not saying there was no influence, or an attempt to influence events.</p><p></p><p><strong>But the whole idea that the Russians swung the election to Trump is absurd.</strong> It’s really premised on the unproven claim that Russia gave the Podesta emails to WikiLeaks, and the release of these emails turned tens, or hundreds of thousands, of Clinton supporters towards Trump. This doesn’t make any sense. Either that, or, according to the director of national intelligence, RT America, where I have a show, got everyone to vote for the Green Party.</p><p></p><p>This obsession with Russia is a tactic used by the ruling elite, and in particular the Democratic Party, to avoid facing a very unpleasant reality: that their unpopularity is the outcome of their policies of deindustrialization and the assault against working men and women and poor people of color.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 3115635, member: 56035"] [B][URL="https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/10/06/hedg-o06.html"]The elites “have no credibility left:” An interview with journalist Chris Hedges[/URL] David North:[/B] How do you interpret the fixation on Russia and the entire interpretation of the election within the framework of Putin’s manipulation? [B]Chris Hedges:[/B] It’s as ridiculous as Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction. It is an absolutely unproven allegation that is used to perpetuate a very frightening accusation—critics of corporate capitalism and imperialism are foreign agents for Russia. I have no doubt that the Russians invested time, energy and money into attempting to influence events in the United States in ways that would serve their interests, in the same way that we have done and do in Russia and all sorts of other countries throughout the world. So I’m not saying there was no influence, or an attempt to influence events. [B]But the whole idea that the Russians swung the election to Trump is absurd.[/B] It’s really premised on the unproven claim that Russia gave the Podesta emails to WikiLeaks, and the release of these emails turned tens, or hundreds of thousands, of Clinton supporters towards Trump. This doesn’t make any sense. Either that, or, according to the director of national intelligence, RT America, where I have a show, got everyone to vote for the Green Party. This obsession with Russia is a tactic used by the ruling elite, and in particular the Democratic Party, to avoid facing a very unpleasant reality: that their unpopularity is the outcome of their policies of deindustrialization and the assault against working men and women and poor people of color. [/QUOTE]
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