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Try to remember the last time you heard anything positive about Russia. Consider how it is compatible with the existence of Putin's troll army. At the very le
by d0mine 10y ago
Try to remember the last time you heard anything positive about Russia.
Consider how it is compatible with the existence of Putin's troll army.
At the very least try to imagine the relative scale of money/power involved in the propaganda in the West compared to the rest of the world. (for reference, check military spendings)
- tw04 10y ago>Try to remember the last time you heard anything positive about Russia. Why would you assume the troll army is trying to make "Russia" look good? It's far more likely they would focus on individual goals like keeping the US out of Ukraine. Or making us look bad on the international stage to other countries. They don't need to look good, they just need us to look bad. Putin isn't an idiot, no amount of propaganda is going to change the fact that some of what happens in Russia will never be accepted by the rest of the world. He just needs to look better than the alternative. It's far easier to make us look bad than himself look good.
- sigmar 10y ago>Try to remember the last time you heard anything positive about Russia. Consider how it is compatible with the existence of Putin's troll army. This completely misses the point of what the troll army is there to do. It isn't aiming at convincing people of a point of view, but confusing the audience. You should read this story from 2015: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31962644 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31962644
- rjsw 10y agoAlso one of the threads in the latest Adam Curtis film [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperNormalisation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperNormalisation
- nl 10y agoDo you frequent political spheres on Twitter or FB? Positive Russian comments are extremely visible on both.
- noobermin 10y agoOn every story that touches Russia and/or Putin. It's kind of unsettling at times.