DISINFO: The systemic collapse of American society is now obvious
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: Geopolitica.ru - Italian (archived)*
  • Date of publication: June 09, 2020
  • Outlet language(s): Italian
  • Reported in: Issue 201
  • Countries / regions discussed: US
Tags:
US racial justice protests Civil war

DISINFO: The systemic collapse of American society is now obvious

SUMMARY

The systemic collapse of American society has been underway for a long time. This collapse is now obvious. Organized violence and looting are taking place in many American cities with pre-deliveries of bricks as weapons of destruction. Police and government officials are kneeling in submission to the rioters. The police have no support and are abdicating. Businesses are being destroyed. We are now experiencing the consequences of decades of teaching black Americans to hate white Americans and of teaching white Americans to accept guilt for the black slave trade that originated in the black Kingdom of Dahomey in 1600.

RESPONSE

Recurring pro-Kremlin narrative about racial justice protests in US. Despite high polarisation in the US, the unrest after the death of African American citizen George Floyd at the hands of a police officer is not a civil war and has not triggered a collapse of American society. The situation was very tense for some days and protests spread to all 50 states, while demonstrations in some cities descended into riots and widespread looting. However, military top officials and police officers worked effectively to de-escalate the situation, and demonstrations became largely peaceful after the first days. Predictions about a new American civil war and a disintegration of the US have been a common pro-Kremlin narrative since the fall of the Soviet Union. Read a similar case claiming that the current unrest in the US is a civil war. Also see: Polygraph.

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