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by jedberg 835 days ago
Stochastic terrorisim. Get people afraid because “things don’t work right”. Cause fear and doubt about life in general and have it associated with the election.
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So we shouldn't hire interns around the elections or during one. Because the mistakes they create is common cause of these events that some will describe as stochastic terrorism.

Not to say that this would be one. It just these theories usually jumb over simpler and more common reasons ( humans do make mistakes).