Everything the Soviet party told the people about the Soviet Union was a lie. Unfortunately everything they said about the United States was true. Things aren

Everything the Soviet party told the people about the Soviet Union was a lie. Unfortunately everything they said about the United States was true. Things aren't changing. When I (Russian-Canadian immigrant) visit my family back in Russia they will spout endless bullshit about how Ukraine shot down that airliner to make Russia look bad, how the Ukrainian government is fascist and represses the ethnic Russians, how the US helped the Syrian rebels fake a gas attack and blame Assad, and so on. And I can argue and bring up counterpoints, but they just shake their heads and say I'm a naive fool for believing the "Western propaganda". But they'll also point to articles like this and ask "What exactly can the FSB do that the FBI/CIA/NSA could not and have been PROVEN to be doing with Google/Windows/etc? Should we stop using all American software because the FBI/NSA may intercept the information/data without a warrant?" And I have to agree with them saying, yes, the US Government is deeply myopic and hypocritical.