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I don’t think it’s that at all, it’s about controlling the narrative for your advantage. You might be lying as well, be doing horrible things and you don’t want
by mrtksn 3y ago
I don’t think it’s that at all, it’s about controlling the narrative for your advantage. You might be lying as well, be doing horrible things and you don’t want the people you control to know that or to think that way.
It’s not a noble thing, it’s a war weapon.
- medo-bear 3y agoI dont think the EU is at war
- actionfromafar 3y agoSomeone is blowing up military facilities in the EU though. So if at war or not is starting to be open to interpretation.
- medo-bear 3y agoWhats open to interpretation? If sabotage = war we would have seen ww3 several decades ago.
- Supermancho 3y agoIt is not clear that the pipeline was an act of war, but acts of war can be that simple. "WW3" is a conceptualization of existential fear, rather than a singular event. The world rallying to one of two sides to make war (or neutrality), is highly unlikely.
- medo-bear 3y agoI think that denying that ww3 would pose an existential threat to everyone is akin to being a flatearther and an anti waxer. However given todays unfortunate climate it is infinitely more dangerous and war mongorers should be exposed more ferrociously than Russian bots
- mrtksn 3y agoIs taking sides in a war though. That’s why the Russian outlets push talking points. This can affect the public support on war efforts issues, which is fine only before shooting start because when no one is shooting arguments(which can be fair ones or designed to achieve something like withholding weapons deliveries) can be addressed in timely manner. Whatever problems a website or an app is causing can be solved through civil means, but at a war time irreversible damage using deadly weapons can be done before even realizing it.
- medo-bear 3y agoBut banning Russian propaganda surely is an indication of weakness. Banning RT to me also signals that Russia got good at playing the media game, which until recently was largely the playground of US and UK. There is a reason that dry Tass is not banned but snazzy RT is.