[exceptione]

And about time. The EU (and the US even more so) has been pretty ignorant about the way hostile anti-democratic regimes wage war against free and democratic societies.

For dictatorships a misinformation campaign is both way more effective and cheaper than a single Mig fighter jet. This asymmetric war was already a big problem, but the oligarch Musk might have been too loud a siren for the sleepy lawmakers that believed that democracies will survive no matter how much you are killing its base.

- yes, there are all kind of problems people are rightly upset about.

- yes, politicians have traded trust for political results.

- yes, the US/EU has also failed by opting for "Real Politik" instead of values.

- no, a whattabouttism doesn´t help our societies. Instead, fight to preserve and improve what we inherited.

- no, helping to fuel distrust undercuts the fabric of our societies.

[exceptione]

Never thought a plea to save our democracies by making a distinction between honest criticism one the hand, and sponsored covid disinformation campaigns on the other would attract this response.

Ones wrong opinions are absolutely tolerated. We all have them. Hybrid warfare is something else and should not be.

Disinformation is not harmless: half of the US believes that the elections were stolen. If people don´t believe in democracy anymore, it is game over without people realizing it.