An intro to Russian propaganda with some words of wisdom at the end.

  • talkingpumpkin@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I don’t know whether to downvote or upvote this… on the one hand it contains some interesting insights and we need to talk more about what Putin is trying to do to us, but on the other hand the video is very US-centric and oversimplifies everything to seemingly arbitrary bullet-points.

    For example, the video divides Russian propaganda in “for Russians” and “for West” as if the Kremlin didn’t have a specific strategy for each and every western nation and ignored non-western states altogether (but of course “for West” really means “for the US” and the rest of the world doesn’t matter).

    • Kissaki@feddit.org
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      1 day ago

      and ignored non-western states altogether

      I haven’t watched the video yet, but I don’t think it’s true that Russia does not target non-western countries. (So much negation!)

      While I’m not sure about the scale, I remember Russia being particularly active in Africa, including with their private military, and African countries falling for the criticism of EU or NATO military/peace-keeping support.