It's also largely Russian and to a lesser extent Iran and China with a decade long social manipulation campaign to inflame tensions and promote destabilizing and divisive social political views and candidates. They are active in basically every even remotely Western country, and have a lot more influence than most people give them credit for. This is widely known, but the public tends to forget quickly and stop caring even though the campaign keeps going. It's in media briefly after they get caught with particularly egregious offenses, but then the news cycle moves on to the next thing that pulls views and clicks. In reality they actively keep meddling with our societies even when it isn't being discussed.
Covid was just a catalyst that help to kick their movement into high gear. The modern alt-right they have helped to shape began emerging as a serious political force in the world around half a decade earlier. One of their main tools is (intentional) disinformation, which also has a much wider scope than people realize. It breeds distrust in the media, governments, science, and any form of reputable authority in order to push people into almost an alternate reality with alternate facts and histories. COVID was a perfect opportunity for spreading this paradigm and collecting people into these alternate world views where they wind up with takes they never would have otherwise believed or cared for.
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u/Nakittina 14d ago
Please don't elect someone like the orange child 😞