There are also times where “foreign actors” (I assume by that term you mean actors interested in muddying the waters in general, not just literal foreign election interference) know that it’s impossible to push a conversation towards their preferred 1)A or 5)B, at least among informed/educated voices, so they try to muddy the waters and push things towards 3). Climate change[1] and covid vaccines are two examples that comes to mind.
I actually just meant sowing discord by pushing half the population towards one and the other half towards the other in cases where it doesn’t really affect them, but that’s a good point. It’s important to not be deceived into thinking issues are complicated when they are really not.
There are also times where “foreign actors” (I assume by that term you mean actors interested in muddying the waters in general, not just literal foreign election interference) know that it’s impossible to push a conversation towards their preferred 1)A or 5)B, at least among informed/educated voices, so they try to muddy the waters and push things towards 3). Climate change[1] and covid vaccines are two examples that comes to mind.
Though the correct answer for climate change is closer to 2) than 1)
I actually just meant sowing discord by pushing half the population towards one and the other half towards the other in cases where it doesn’t really affect them, but that’s a good point. It’s important to not be deceived into thinking issues are complicated when they are really not.