Why?
Well the general thrust of what the Russkies were up to was to wind up participants on both sides of the argument. So the conclusion is that they want to get peoples’ passions excited.
Why?
Well it could be because, if people are all wound up about issues like gender identification, then they’re not going to have much time, or energy, to emote on issues like the defence of Ukraine.
Another reason why the Russkies stir up such arguments could be because people who get wound up about these sorts of issues could be seen as more likely to vote for left wing parties because these give the impression that they care about peoples’ feelings more than the right wing parties.
The Russkies might feel that left wing governments will be more friendly to them right wing governments, although Vlad has says he’s rooting for Biden not Trump.
It is clear, when he goes off on a rant, that Vlad thinks the West is in a state of moral decay. He instances the legalisation of single sex marriage, gender issues, debt and decadence and presents himself as the upholder of traditional values.
Goodness knows what the state of mind of a guy who has been a dictator for over 20 years is like, but Vlad could be just as deluded as Hitler who reputedly was emboldened into aggression by the 1933 Oxford Union decision not to fight for King and country which he saw as a sign that English youth was too decadent to defend their country.
Creating that delusion could be the purpose of the Russky hackers.
What is new about the tactic? The media has reported on this topic since at least 2017 (and academic research is also available).
– Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/14/russia-us-politics-social-media-facebook)
– NPR (https://www.npr.org/2017/11/01/561427876/how-russia-used-facebook-to-organize-two-sets-of-protesters)
– CNN (https://money.cnn.com/2018/06/21/technology/american-media-russian-trolls/index.html)
– Engadget (https://www.engadget.com/2018-08-24-russian-trolls-played-both-sides-on-vaccine-arguments.html)
– Wired (https://www.wired.com/story/russia-indictment-twitter-facebook-play-both-sides/)
“Why?”
Because its fun, even Russky Hackers must get bored
What more moral decay than squandering 400k lives attacking a friendly neighbor nation? The Moscow slave culture is not popular in Russia’s 21 Subject States to no good end for Moscow.
Unfortunately on some issues Vlad is right. Wokery needs to be consigned to the bin of history ASAP.