“The propaganda is working very well,” said Anastasia Nikolskaya, a Moscow sociologist. “It’s not that anyone is welcoming the war, but it is being seen as a last-ditch measure that is necessary.”
americans get outraged when a military dictator manufactures consent for an invasion in other countries, yet still don't throw bush or obama in jail
@sneak there is a huge difference. Russia is blocking social media services and does not have a healthy free press and freedom of speech. The Americans come to a conclusion with the possibility of getting most relevant information, the Russians with getting only one perspective. I do condemn certain things the US has done. But comparing the oppression and propaganda of in Russia with the US does not work.
@aaronkurz america has a different kind of way of shaping narratives. both were wars of aggression.
