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In the aftermath of Prigozhin's media empire collapse, former employees spoke out about the dark tactics employed, including hiring individuals to portray "victims of Ukrainian Armed Forces” in staged reports that underpinned Russia's fake pretext for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine -- its Big Lie about alleged "genocide in Donbas." Following the unsuccessful mutiny of...

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Same strategy as Hitler, staged actors faking an attack as a reason to "counterattack". Not surprising. Russians are the real Nazis.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hitler's playbook is also being reused in India.
Hitler blamed Jews for Germany's inflation. The chief minister of Assam (one of states) belongs to the Hindu supremacist BJP (PM Modi's political party as well) and he has been blaming Muslims for the sky-high food inflation. Muslims are lynched to death by violent Hindu supremacists almost every day, and they who do not have the power to prevent this are somehow charged with having power to control food prices? The only problem with Hemant Biswa Sarma's lies are that they will be used as another excuse to harm Muslims.

The world would be a better place if we could gather Nazis and wannabe-Nazis and fascists together on an island and leave them there.

ETA: on not in

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sadly nothing in this is new or surprising. Only thing that baffles me is, that it's been so many years since russian lies started, and how long they have been doing it in order to get "permission" to fully invade.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wag the Dog came out in 1997. Art imitating life or life imitating art, it's all cyclical.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Foundations of Geopolitics is a great read, and really details the steps Putin has taken since gaining power.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The question is: are Russians listening? Probably not and Putin will still have strong support.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

The average Russian must have no idea what the real world is like. Literally drowning in prop.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

this is a certified alex jones moment

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