I'm enjoying the irony of American Sanders supporters lecturing me, a former Soviet citizen, on the glories of Socialism and what it really means! Socialism sounds great in speech soundbites and on Facebook, but please keep it there. In practice, it corrodes not only the economy but the human spirit itself, and the ambition and achievement that made modern capitalism possible and brought billions of people out of poverty. Talking about Socialism is a huge luxury, a luxury that was paid for by the successes of capitalism. Income inequality is a huge problem, absolutely. But the idea that the solution is more government, more regulation, more debt, and less risk is dangerously absurd.
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For a true story of how democracy can die, the paperback of Winter Is Coming is out today. (But vote first!)
A nice reference to my book, but most important is that they realize this crisis is just not about Trump. He is only a harbinger, a warning of what will come if America doesn't stand up for itself and the values of freedom and democracy it used to proudly represent. Winter is coming, but we can make it much milder by changing our ways. Celebrating a victory on Tuesday and then cowering under the blankets until the next Trump arrives is the wrong response. America cannot hide its light; the world needs it more than ever.
For a humorous moment during these serious days, the transcript here of my appearance with Maria Bartiromo today has a small mistake... I said "they want to create chaos", not "create cows"!! Maybe I need to work on my pronunciation of that one, but "cows"?! Lol!
As for the real topics, if your only response to how Trump is a catastrophic threat to US and global security for a dozen demostrated reasons is to point out examples of Clinton corruption, you are blinded by personal or partisan hatred.
Don't let the trolls tell you there's nothing going on. This isn't a case of "where there's smoke, there's fire." There is already a fire and it's spreading.
An astounding amount of new detail in this article. It should be crystal clear to all by now that Trump's Putin connections are a national security issue, not just a partisan political one.
By the way, I'll be on Fox Business tomorrow early on Mornings with Maria Batiromo to discuss these topics.
http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-russia-…
Garry's video address to the 20th Forum 2000 Conference in Prague on October 17th, 2016. Other panel guests were Filip Zimbardo,
Rosa Payá, Pavel Fischer
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Watch this. It's funny and also very important. This interview with two workers in a Russian "troll factory" is remarkable, but also only confirms what my colleagues and I have been warning about for several years. A great deal of what you see on social media and in comment sections around the world are targeted propaganda. Many thousands of Twitter and Facebook accounts (including the comments here, of course), thousands of comments every day on every political article, it's a huge impact.
Note that it's not just opinions. Fomenting anger and hatred is a big part of their agenda as well. It poisons society and turns people against each other -- which is exactly what Putin is trying to do. The West needs to wake up to these tactics because they are real and they work.
Trump says Russia isn't influencing our election, and so do these Russian trolls who are being paid to influence our election. Watch Full Frontal with Samant...
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Garry Kasparov shared Evan McMullin's video.
Principles over party. Betraying that simple maxim is how the GOP ended up with a dangerous fool like Trump as the nominee instead of a conservative.
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The number of smoking guns in Trump's connections with Russia are now enough to form a firing squad! In August, in the NY Daily News, I wrote about Putin's use of "soft power" influence in business and the media in the free world. As a KGB man, Putin has always understood that these relationships can last longer and be more useful than those with elected officials, who come and go. Businessmen and private companies are also under far less scrutiny.
It would only be a surprise... if Putin's forces had *not* worked to recruit Trump. It would also only be a surprise if they failed. Considering the incredible, politically suicidal loyalty Trump has shown to Putin so far, it's hard to imagine otherwise. Or you can call all of these connections and Trump's loyalty to Putin a coincidence. But, as I wrote, I grew up in the USSR with guys like Putin running the show. I believe in coincidences, but I also believe in the KGB.
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Garry Kasparov shared a post.
My new op-ed in The NY Times. America, Your Election Isn't Rigged (I know what one looks like!) ...
When fake elections at home aren’t enough, an aggressive campaign of intimidation and disinformation abroad can be very useful. The Russian news leads every day with Mr. Trump and WikiLeaks and how they are supposedly exposing the corrupt reality of American democracy. Mr. Putin can no longer pretend to be a democratic leader, so his goal is to drag everyone else down to his le...vel — and he is doing it with Mr. Trump’s help.
A democracy is as strong as its people believe it to be. It cannot be destroyed from the outside, only from within.
http://www.nytimes.com/…/america-your-election-is-not-rigge…
Garry Kasparov shared a link.
So Trump goes to the site of Abraham Lincoln's most famous speech to bury the party Lincoln founded. Was Ford's Theater unavailable?
Do yourself a favor, skip Trump's lies, threats, and hatred and reread Lincoln's magnificent speech instead: http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/…/speech…/gettysburg.htm
On June 1, 1865, Senator Charles Sumner referred to the most famous speech ever given by President Abraham Lincoln. In his eulogy on the slain president, he called the Gettysburg Address a "monumental act." He said Lincoln was mistaken that "the world will little note, nor long remember what we say…
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A tragedy, and not an inevitable one. Remember how Hugo Chavez was treated like a savior by so many on the left in the free world, even as he eroded democracy and attacked the free market economy while oil prices were high? Even when it became clear Maduro was turning to outright repression, Venezuela's democracy received very little support from the free world. My best wishes for the people of Venezuela. The Human Rights Foundation will be fighting for you.
Garry's appearance on MSNBC LIVE WITH STEPHANIE RUHLE. October 21, 2016.
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A solid article, but of course this is the sort of firmness against Putin's aggression that could have avoided so much trouble and saved many lives had it been adopted three, five, or ten years ago. And despite the fact that it is now painfully obvious that engaging and appeasing Putin has failed, it is still far from guaranteed that the West, especially the US and EU, will fight back.
"Above all the West needs to keep its head. Russian interference in America’s presidentia...l election merits measured retaliation. But the West can withstand such “active measures”. Russia does not pretend to offer the world an attractive ideology or vision. Instead its propaganda aims to discredit and erode universal liberal values by nurturing the idea that the West is just as corrupt as Russia, and that its political system is just as rigged. It wants to create a divided West that has lost faith in its ability to shape the world. In response, the West should be united and firm."
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The commentators are missing the point that the two most outrageous moments of tonight's debate are directly connected. Trump's unprecedented declaration that he may not accept the results of the election and his absolute refusal to put the blame on Putin's Russia for hacking or anything else are both scandalous, but they not separate positions at all.
The goal of Putin's propaganda and cyberattacks are to discredit American democracy, to make Americans fear and hate each oth...er and to distrust the very system that makes the United States such a powerful force in the world. This also serves Putin well domestically, where Russian news, all state controlled, is full of announcements about the US election being rigged, despite a total lack of evidence. If even America's elections are fake, goes their argument, how can anyone complain about Russia's sham elections?
Tonight Trump announced himself loud and clear to be an agent of Putin's goals to destabilize the United States and its democratic process. He constantly repeats Russian propaganda that America is weak and corrupt. Then Trump demonstrated that he is fiercely loyal to Putin, beyond any possible political advantage. These two positions go together. Trump is Putin's stooge and he just confessed to it on stage in Las Vegas.
I've been pointing out the slide of Wikileaks into a full-blown anti-American KGB operation for a while now. This presidential campaign has made it entirely obvious, along with exposing Putin's other propaganda outlets and meddling. Something we can actually thank Trump for, if indirectly!
On a related note, the media's obsession with the Democrats' stolen emails has actually wasted time that could have gone to pressing her on real issues of policy.
Garry Kasparov shared a post.
Trump being spectacularly wrong about something that would take a thirty second google search to check. Not only do we have dozens of chess Grandmasters in the ...US, we also have 3 of the top ten in the World, the reigning World Junior Champion (15-year-old Grandmaster Jeffery Xiong) and the Olympic Championship team.
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“Here's Trump claiming America doesn't have chess grandmasters. U.S. has 90 grandmasters and won the 2016 Chess Olympiad. @maddow @Lawrence https://t.co/QCcTux2AG1”
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