p.8 (ebook)
The [Russian] troll farm wanted Americans to regard each other as immovable, brainwashed, of bad faith, not worth energy, disloyal, repulsive. "The [Russian Internet Research Agency] IRA, knows that in political warfare disgust is a much more powerful tool than anger," [Darren] Linvill and [Patrick] Warren [scholars at Clemson University...leading analysts of Russia's US campaign] have written. "Anger drives people to the polls; disgust drives countries apart."
...and obviously, more than just Russians are promoting digust. Giridharadas' book is about the people who have chosen to answer such political machinations.
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