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But at what cost? I am pretty sure that everyday Russians do know that something is going on but I have trouble justifying broad sanctions against the poor and
by lowkey 5y ago
But at what cost? I am pretty sure that everyday Russians do know that something is going on but I have trouble justifying broad sanctions against the poor and middle-class citizens of Russia, Iran or Venezuela - especially since many of them oppose their authoritarian leaders. After all their real crime is simply losing the birth lottery by being born in an authoritarian regime.
- mantas 5y agoAccording to polls, even run by West outlets, Russians do support Putin in big numbers.
- lowkey 5y agoIf you don’t trust the official election polls in Russia, why would you trust their opinion polls to be honest. If I were Putin, I would certainly be tempted to manipulate opinion polls to make it look like I am more popular than I really am. As for western media, while no doubt less manipulated than Russian media, I don’t think it is safe to assume that western media is above manipulating public opinion to suit their agenda. For example, I find it curious how little coverage the Ukraine-Russian conflict has received by western media until last week when this conflict has been a hot war since 2014.
- NicoJuicy 5y agoBecause covid and other things. A lot more was reported since last September where I am from.
- mantas 5y agoAnd it was really boring for years. Another shelling, another handful of men dead, another Russian exercise
- mantas 5y agoThere are lots of polls done by non-gov-aligned news agencies or even paid by foreign outlets. All of them paint the same picture. Even here in Lithuania we got quite a few people eating up Russian propaganda and supporting Putin. I’ve no doubts it works even better in Russia. Any media is biased. That’s how humans operate. The key is to watch different sources. And don’t get into „both sides have some truth“ BS. No, sometimes one side is flat out lying. But IMO it’s important to understand the other side narrative to understand their logic. Here in Lithuania we got non-stop coverage of Ukraine since 2014. But I’m sure we get no coverage on stuff that is far away and public doesn’t care much.
- imtringued 5y agoFox news openly supports Putin... Recently they blamed Greta Thunberg for the Ukrainian war...