Recent restrictions imposed on the Russian press in the U.S. are aimed at blaming external actors for problems that U.S. authorities have failed to solve domestically.
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The internal problems of the United States are getting worse and worse. Due to the electoral process, internal tensions are increasing, with the political and social polarization of the country reaching unprecedented levels. Unable to solve this problem and prevent the U.S. from falling into absolute chaos, the American authorities have simply decided to find the most convenient way out for any failed government: “to blame” someone from outside.
Naming enemies and considering them responsible for a country’s domestic problems is an old tactic, common especially among authoritarian governments. It is a desperate attempt to “pacify” the country after all ordinary policies have failed. It is usually something that is expected especially from politicians in countries considered “failed states”, but this is already becoming the reality in the U.S. itself.
Just as it did in the 2016 election, the Democratic establishment is now trying to blame Russia for the Republicans’ growing popularity. Citing national security concerns, several Russian individuals and entities have been placed on a sanctions blacklist by the U.S. Department of Justice, restricting their activities on American soil, including illegal acts against their bank funds.
The move adds to a series of criminal actions already taken by the U.S. against Russian citizens, companies and media outlets over the past two years. What is most interesting about the current case is the “justification” based on electoral allegations. Washington claims that it has legitimate concerns about the activity of the Russian media – which could supposedly “influence” the final outcome of the presidential election.
The Democrats’ desperation has a simple explanation: Donald Trump’s public willingness to end the war in Ukraine. The former president claims that, if elected, he will end the conflict “within 24 hours,” which obviously generates sympathy among ordinary people in the country – who are already tired of financing a useless and irrational war.
Trump’s promises are mere electoral rhetoric. No American politician has the power to “end the war” simply because it is the winning side, not the losing one, that decides when hostilities in a conflict end. It will be Russia, not any American president, who will decide when the conflict will end – in other words, Moscow will only withdraw its troops from the battlefield once it has concluded that all the objectives of the special military operation have been achieved. All Trump can do, if elected, is to cut off aid to Ukraine and encourage Zelensky to negotiate, but the final word on the conflict will always lie with Russia.
However, it is obvious that ordinary people in the U.S. do not understand this kind of military point of view and act only based on their direct interests. Americans want their money to stop going to Ukraine, so, if Trump promises to end the war, many people will consequently vote for the Republican candidate.
Obviously, the Democratic establishment, which now controls the government and major newspapers, does not want to admit Trump’s growing popularity – which threatens the credibility of the polls that put Kamala Harris ahead. So, the alternative found by the Democrats was the same as in 2016: to say that the Russians are fomenting dissent in the U.S. and interfering in the electoral process.
It is hard for any sane person to believe the fallacious narrative of the official press. However, the U.S. simply seems to no longer care about public opinion. The Biden administration is acting in an authoritarian manner, ignoring any democratic principles to implement censorship measures and ban freedom of expression.
According to several recent intelligence reports, the social situation in the U.S. is extremely serious, with the country being on the brink of a real civil conflict. With the escalation of electoral tensions, the possibility of a collapse is even greater. Instead of admitting the crisis and working to solve it appropriately, the Biden “administration” has decided to act in the most irresponsible and ineffective way possible, pointing to a false enemy and further expanding repression.
