There's a great quote I can't find about this dirtbag. I believe it's approximately midway through Nothing is True and Everything is Possible, but I might mix that up with an article I read once.
Anyway, it was about Russia's oligarchs and instituions f power. (This is why, say, we can all probably remember the time he got flashed by topless women, and instead of people listening to the issues they wanted addressed, most media sources just gave the screencap of Putin giving a thumbs up and called it a day).
The quote I mean speaks about this being a strategic choice. To make people feel powerless. If I recall the quote, it was about Surkov "climbing into" people's minds, pretending to care, and manipulating that power. It's pointed out he simultaneously supported far-sides on both sides of the spectrum.
To climb in and discredit.
To make both sides seem the same and ridiculous.
Pomerantsev's book ends hauntingly.
About the influx of money that came with the fall of the USSR and the rise of Putinism. He speaks to the sudden cash made the suddenly-wealthy oligarchs almost unstoppably powerful. Having that much money didn't seem real. So it was abused.
Kinda like how Putin is roughly 90% likely for the bombings that brought him to power. Oh, sorry, this is the right article.
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