"How Russian propaganda works abroad, in one sentence per layer:
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@ren196
The history of the peace movement in the US and Europe is rife with russian and other state-organised subversion. This makes sense because attackers always try to appear as victims in order to discourage others from coming to the real victims' aid.https://www.soviethistorylessons.com/bukovsky-peace-movement
@Kristian_Kiehling @ren196 A pacifist would disagree that more violence constitutes ‘aid’ in the first place.
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@erwinrossen I suppose you’ve never had to deal with American tanks. I envy you.
I am from Poland—a country that, following World War II, ended up in the Soviet sphere of influence with the consent of the USA and Great Britain. After the collapse of the USSR, the former Eastern Bloc countries quickly and voluntarily broke away from the Warsaw Pact and sought out a different alliance on their own—one that would, above all, protect them from Russia’s "care."
American tanks lectured me on how my country had been "looked after" by Russia and how good I’d had it in the Eastern Bloc. It wasn't good, yet I was labeled a reactionary. Russia’s "care" looked like this: they took Poland’s war reparations from Germany, looted factories, and even hauled away railway tracks. NATO provoked Russia into war. The fact that Central and Eastern European countries joined voluntarily (unlike with the Warsaw Pact) is considered irrelevant.@morton I understand everything you say, but still don't get how that would mean that NATO provoked the war. I am missing the possible chain-of-thought here. I understand that you also don't think this is true, but I wouldn't understand why that is even a line that resonates with (Western) people.
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"How Russian propaganda works abroad, in one sentence per layer:
For the right: "Russia defends tradition." For the left: "NATO caused this." For the pacifist: "Weapons prolong war." For the cynic: "Everyone lies equally." For the tired: "It's complicated."
Five contradictory messages, one output: do nothing.
Russian propaganda doesn't need you to love Moscow. It needs you paralyzed."
Sulkhan Metreveli, CEO Met Capital | Director ACR Institute
@Kristian_Kiehling
Weapons do prolong the war, so bomb every single Russian weapons factory. -
@Kristian_Kiehling
Negotiating an end to this shitty war before more people have to die would not be "doing nothing". But this hasn't been attempted since April 2024.Please outline your totally realistic alternative? Is it to fight until the unconditional surrender of Russia and collapse of its government? In your dreams.
@goatchurch @Kristian_Kiehling Impressive how people can just ignore all facts and pretend Ukraine isn't constantly trying to negotiate an end. There was even the letter from Zelenskyy to Putin just a few months ago.
It would be good if more people realized that the US and the UK are the main cause for countries like Iran to reach for nukes now. Iran even brings up the Budapest memorandum themselves for doing so.
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@Kristian_Kiehling @ren196 A pacifist would disagree that more violence constitutes ‘aid’ in the first place.
this is why pacifism is considered by many to be de facto fascist
"when asked what the Jews should do when they were taken to concentration camps, Gandhi said they should go willingly, their forced mass suicide itself constituting an unanswerable critique of the Nazis."
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/asia/india/52242/gandhi-and-the-jews
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this is why pacifism is considered by many to be de facto fascist
"when asked what the Jews should do when they were taken to concentration camps, Gandhi said they should go willingly, their forced mass suicide itself constituting an unanswerable critique of the Nazis."
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/asia/india/52242/gandhi-and-the-jews
@Kristian_Kiehling @ren196 I think it’s very sad if you can’t imagine any way of helping someone other than bombing them.
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"How Russian propaganda works abroad, in one sentence per layer:
For the right: "Russia defends tradition." For the left: "NATO caused this." For the pacifist: "Weapons prolong war." For the cynic: "Everyone lies equally." For the tired: "It's complicated."
Five contradictory messages, one output: do nothing.
Russian propaganda doesn't need you to love Moscow. It needs you paralyzed."
Sulkhan Metreveli, CEO Met Capital | Director ACR Institute
Now for a laugh substitute USA for Russia.
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Now for a laugh substitute USA for Russia.
@jerrej
Whataboutism is totally out of place here. The largest genocidal war of conquest since 1945 is no laughing matter. -
@jerrej
Whataboutism is totally out of place here. The largest genocidal war of conquest since 1945 is no laughing matter.@Kristian_Kiehling
Oh, you're talking about Israel now? -
@Kristian_Kiehling
Oh, you're talking about Israel now?@jer Learn the definition of genocide. -
this is why pacifism is considered by many to be de facto fascist
"when asked what the Jews should do when they were taken to concentration camps, Gandhi said they should go willingly, their forced mass suicide itself constituting an unanswerable critique of the Nazis."
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/asia/india/52242/gandhi-and-the-jews
@Kristian_Kiehling @benjamineskola
i was gonna give you a serious reply but I'm not gonna waste my time arguing with someone that rejects any sort ofnlogical reasoning and then accuses others ofbbeing controlled by propaganda lol.
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@Kristian_Kiehling @ren196 I think it’s very sad if you can’t imagine any way of helping someone other than bombing them.
@benjamineskola @Kristian_Kiehling
the problem is that Kristian doesn't give a damn about the people. It's all a game of borders and flags for him. A game of Risk. He's not much different from Putin -
@bencourtice @goatchurch @Kristian_Kiehling bravery has nothing to do with it. There are millions of Ukrainians trying to avoid fighting but being forced to anyway at gun point by thugs paid from taxing the poorest people in our own societies. This war is unwinnable and most of the propaganda is from our own side trying to persuade us otherwise. We're blaming Russia the same way we pretended Putin got Trump elected in 2016.
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@jer Learn the definition of genocide.
@martin LOL
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"How Russian propaganda works abroad, in one sentence per layer:
For the right: "Russia defends tradition." For the left: "NATO caused this." For the pacifist: "Weapons prolong war." For the cynic: "Everyone lies equally." For the tired: "It's complicated."
Five contradictory messages, one output: do nothing.
Russian propaganda doesn't need you to love Moscow. It needs you paralyzed."
Sulkhan Metreveli, CEO Met Capital | Director ACR Institute
@Kristian_Kiehling still Ukraine with USA aid blew up Nord Stream II fucking EU economy, and the EU goes on giving Ukraine money to buy weapons to the USA to keep fighting Russia (who used to provide EU with cheap gas to fuel its economy). It’s crazy this piece of Russian propaganda…
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@Kristian_Kiehling still Ukraine with USA aid blew up Nord Stream II fucking EU economy, and the EU goes on giving Ukraine money to buy weapons to the USA to keep fighting Russia (who used to provide EU with cheap gas to fuel its economy). It’s crazy this piece of Russian propaganda…
@pomubieng You are not very clever.
1. EU fucking their economy with building Nord Stream and deepen dependence on ruSSia.
2. EU can give their weapons to Ukraine. It's not banned by USA. Oh wait, EU has ridiculously small defense budgets and weapon stockpiles.
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"How Russian propaganda works abroad, in one sentence per layer:
For the right: "Russia defends tradition." For the left: "NATO caused this." For the pacifist: "Weapons prolong war." For the cynic: "Everyone lies equally." For the tired: "It's complicated."
Five contradictory messages, one output: do nothing.
Russian propaganda doesn't need you to love Moscow. It needs you paralyzed."
Sulkhan Metreveli, CEO Met Capital | Director ACR Institute
Hostile propaganda...everyone gets served up their own flavor.
And every flavor still serves the one who serves it.
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@subrealz @Kristian_Kiehling @Canalbaobab Genocidal can refer to intention, to attitude, not just to outcomes. Who doubts that Russian denial of the legitimacy Ukrainian language, culture and autonomy as well as its historic slaughter of Ukrainians is genocidal. Russians and vatniks.
@samueljohnson @subrealz @Kristian_Kiehling
Ceux qui lisent les decrets de kiev qui interdisent aux ukrainiens des régions russophones&russophilles de parler russe
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J aime
mais légère& dans mon bistro et toi tu dois tourner à la 8.6 ou desinformer
Ce sont les banderistes (nazis) qui voulaient interdire à des ukrainiens de parler leurs langues maternelles
Ukrainiens désormais russes
tzanou on aime pas ceux qui interdisent les langues millénaire car on sait la suite mais tu tournes à la 8.6
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"How Russian propaganda works abroad, in one sentence per layer:
For the right: "Russia defends tradition." For the left: "NATO caused this." For the pacifist: "Weapons prolong war." For the cynic: "Everyone lies equally." For the tired: "It's complicated."
Five contradictory messages, one output: do nothing.
Russian propaganda doesn't need you to love Moscow. It needs you paralyzed."
Sulkhan Metreveli, CEO Met Capital | Director ACR Institute
@Kristian_Kiehling
Absolutely wild that so many people are blaming Ukraine for not taking a diplomatic approach when they're being invaded (again) by a country that has a standing treaty to not just respect their sovereignty, but to guarantee it. Ukraine gave up their nukes for it.If Russia isn't respecting a treaty that should have prevented this from happening to begin with, why the fuck would you think that it would stop Russia from just trying again once they've had time to build their forces back up?
That's what's literally happening right now. Russia already forcibly fucking annexed part of Ukraine in 2014. If someone can't be bothered to read up on recent goddamn history, then they need to shut up and sit the fuck back down.
You don't have to have an opinion about everything.
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You speak from a position of freedom and safety — a privilege guaranteed by the sacrifices of others who risked their lives in your place. I hope you never have to experience people talking down to you when you're defending yourself against those who want to exterminate you.
@Kristian_Kiehling I speak from a position of having warmongerers as leaders who proclaim there being no other option whenever a war in their interests break out, making me pity those who actually believe it.
