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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
Putin and his KGB goons know that no one believes their lies. That's actually the point, as Putin himself explained. They can lie to your face and you can't do anything about it. It's not so much misinformation as it is a huge "fuck you" like saying "I can kill you with impunity and then lie about it. What are you going to do? Nothing."
gpt
They'd what's chilling about the post-Trump era of rhetoric in America. Trump attempted to copy that kind of shameless in-the-face lie that you see in authoritarian regimes. He didn't have the secret police (yet) to move the needle from exasperating to threatening, but he clearly would have relished the thought. And the are still many politicians in his party who are also clearly excited about the prospect.