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I strongly believe Putin held back Russia in the past two decades. Brain drain is real and Russia had all the right pieces to be a force in tech.
Russia definitely has the talent.
Name any political, cultural, economic, literature, sports achievement in last 30 years to come out of Russia. That's right Internet trolls which are an evolution on kgbs psyops
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There always were a lot of propaganda involved since forever. Even now Russia is demonised in Western Media, mostly quite unfair.
Can you give an example where Russia is portrayed unfairly?
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There always were a lot of propaganda involved since forever. Even now Russia is demonised in Western Media, mostly quite unfair.
Why would they demonize a place that throws doctors out of windows, poisons political opponents, kills journalists, and has a horrible reputation for LGBT rights? Weird, right? /s
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There always were a lot of propaganda involved since forever. Even now Russia is demonised in Western Media, mostly quite unfair.
Can you give an example where Russia is portrayed unfairly?
It has some great images, especially in the final part.
Is there a book written by a soldier that explains why people defend/enforce the power of evil people? Putin himself is not poisoning these people, someone is doing it for him. Why? Doesn't have to be from Russia. Any soldier defending any evil person - why?
[0] https://www.theauthoritarians.org/options-for-getting-the-bo...
He was poisoned, and survived thrice, and was also jailed for really insubstantial periods of time. I think the Kremlin is very much content with having such a plaything opposition, which tacitly plays along, and does nothing to really challenge it. The few other people who ever were a credible threat to the regime in Russia were dealt with much more unceremoniously: gunned down in the broad daylight. I think the KGB…
Basically there needs to be an opposition, in order to be a triumphant democracy. But you need to keep it weak and under control. Seeing an opposition gives hope to people. Then they loose elections, and hope deflates. Do this a few times over and you have the country under your control for the long run...
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There always were a lot of propaganda involved since forever. Even now Russia is demonised in Western Media, mostly quite unfair.
Can you give an example where Russia is portrayed unfairly?
Tl;dr American army did carnage, the (one of most popular) game portraits that Russians did that
Or entire company of heroes 2 controversy
This is pure propaganda
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There always were a lot of propaganda involved since forever. Even now Russia is demonised in Western Media, mostly quite unfair.
Why would they demonize a place that throws doctors out of windows, poisons political opponents, kills journalists, and has a horrible reputation for LGBT rights? Weird, right? /s
I remember an essay a few years ago (it was the Ukrainian poisoning?) where the author essentially said that Russia's brand has basically been spoiled for outsiders. (political brand certainly, but maybe overall as a country). As in, Russia is no longer a trustworthy seeming, interesting, attractive place to want to go visit or collaborate with or be associated with. I mean, of course it depends on the level of detai…
There always were a lot of propaganda involved since forever. Even now Russia is demonised in Western Media, mostly quite unfair.
I was born in Russia and I despise Putin. He is the reason why I emigrated. He and his cronies brough the country into the dark age, from which it may never come out. He is, without a single doubt, Hitler of the 21st century. * He consolidated all the political and judicial power. Destroyed, physically, politically or judicially all the opponents. Elections are completely fake. * He completely controls all secret ser…