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Whole thing leads to really weird situations. I have few friends from Russia, who visited USA few times, praise it for freedoms, commerce, life, etc. Some serio
by hippich 11y ago
Whole thing leads to really weird situations. I have few friends from Russia, who visited USA few times, praise it for freedoms, commerce, life, etc. Some seriously considered moving. Some - moved for good. People who mostly doing their business online (yet I know they watch TV more than I do for example.)
And these people are supporting everything propaganda is pushing.
So from outside it looks really disconcerting - on one hand they praise west, on the other - they hate it... and this hatred feel very unnatural. It is like person get second personality.
- bobthechef 11y agoI don't think that's fair. "The West" is not a monolith. You can like and dislike certain cultural, political, and social realities and like others. Your characterization of issues seems very tribal.
- hippich 11y agoWell, from personal conversations russians as a whole blame "westerners" as a whole. I.e. if there will be post about guy, who made floor from recycled wood, there will be tons of hatred comments towards this particular person. And this hatred is based only on the fact he is from USA. I.e. this hatred targets not officials or politicians. It targets whole population.
- EugeneOZ 11y agono worries, there's a lot of people in Russia who laugh on this propaganda.