The United States on Friday released a U.S. intelligence assessment sent to more than 100 countries that found Moscow is using spies, social media and Russian state-run media to erode public faith in the integrity of democratic elections worldwide.

“This is a global phenomenon,” said the assessment. “Our information indicates that senior Russian government officials, including the Kremlin, see value in this type of influence operation and perceive it to be effective.”

A senior State Department official, briefing reporters on condition of anonymity, said that Russia was encouraged to intensify its election influence operations by its success in amplifying disinformation about the 2020 U.S. election and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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      9 months ago

      Name any freedom that I don’t have as an American that anyone else has elsewhere.

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          9 months ago

          Americans can drive as fast as they want on racetracks. I break the speed limit on highways all the time with no consequences. Therefore we have the freedom which you have claimed we do not.

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              Keep it coming. I still haven’t heard anyone legitimately name a freedom that Americans don’t have.

              To be more specific about the Autobahn, yes that is a form of freedom, but it’s more like a privilege as you must have licensing etc, and it’s only applicable to one road network or system of highways. We have racetracks all over America with no speed limits, possibly even more miles of track than miles of Autobahn but that is just a wild guess.

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            And drive at the same time a lot, because they are a fun loving people, but also always in a hurry.

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          9 months ago

          You can walk around in my city in the US with open drinks whenever you want. I live in Ohio, so not even some kinda tourist place

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        I can enter any shop, any shop, buy a beer, go sit on a bench, and just drink it.

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            Good for you!

            But you know it’s not common in the US to have this right, you live in those 24 States that give you this freedom. I’ll tell you more, it’s baffling to me that I cannot drink in America (again, in most States, not the whole country, happy now?) if I’m the passenger in a car and you’re driving.

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              Alcohol is legal in all 50 states, and people drink it as they please in general. Some states do allow passengers to drink in cars, and some even allow a driver to drink if they are below the DUI limit.

              So you have a limited case for your point on that one, that some Americans can’t drink alcohol as freely as others wherever they want to. I can concede that European countries have more freedom to drink alcohol than Americans have. We have a similar situation with cannabis laws, where some Americans have more freedom than others.

              I have to say, is that all you’ve got? Some countries have more freedom to get drunk and high. That hasn’t been much of an obstacle for the people I know that get drunk and high all the time though.