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A dying giant
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fridiThe West is rotten. We're surrounded by enemies. But our moral foundations are sound! They'll resist the pressure from Gayrope!
A bunch of worn-out tropes, right? You'd hear them daily if you watched the Russian state TV channels. The brain-washing goes on for years. The propaganda machine in Russia is trying to convince their people that the whole world is against them, and Russia has traditional values that the West doesn't, therefore the rotten West wants to destroy Russia by destroying those values. You get the logic? The West envies Russia for those values. The Young Russians (Putin-jugend?) recite these talking points daily. But somehow, the majority of their generation fails to heed the "Great Mother Russia versus rotten Gayrope" slogan to the intended extent. Are they too stupid? Hmmm.
Turns out, 40% of the polled Russians (Levada research) aged 18-24 want to leave Russia for good. How unpatriotic! How traitorous!
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A bunch of worn-out tropes, right? You'd hear them daily if you watched the Russian state TV channels. The brain-washing goes on for years. The propaganda machine in Russia is trying to convince their people that the whole world is against them, and Russia has traditional values that the West doesn't, therefore the rotten West wants to destroy Russia by destroying those values. You get the logic? The West envies Russia for those values. The Young Russians (Putin-jugend?) recite these talking points daily. But somehow, the majority of their generation fails to heed the "Great Mother Russia versus rotten Gayrope" slogan to the intended extent. Are they too stupid? Hmmm.
Turns out, 40% of the polled Russians (Levada research) aged 18-24 want to leave Russia for good. How unpatriotic! How traitorous!
( Read more... )
