Alan S. Austin
Arizona Playwright • Writer • Poet
  

Russians Financing Truth Social (4/06)

When will America wake from its slumbers? The Russians and Chinese are on the move. They've been infiltrating the system like a slow poison, snipping away at people's minds for years. The West is the enemy. The internet is their friend. Elections can depend on only a few thousand votes. Task? Whittle away at the truth. Spread the lies. It all looks so harmless, nobody to blame, innocent voices spouting nonsense using American naivety against itself. Inside America? Those who want to make a quick buck from the shouting, the sloganeering and the demagoguery are friends. Give them money. Truth Social is an example and there are others. Prey on Americans' emotions and insecurities. Intelligent men, financed by communist states, in off-shore havens, the sources of ownership obscured, wage a silent war against the West. It seems to be working. In the confusion of noises, Trump's rhetoric sounds like strength to the gullible. Main instruction? Keep creating doubt. Stir people's anger. Maybe Communism has found a way at last to destroy the West? Is the Republican Party O.K. about getting into bed with the communists? If you try to undermine our democracy are you the enemy?