When you control the media telling everyone what to think, it’s not much of a surprise is it? Hitler did it, Putin did it, Trump is trying his damnedest and is mostly there…
I know what you are getting at and to an extent you aren’t wrong but Russians definitely have access to foreign information. They also have a tendency to find state propaganda laughably easy to spot (according to the Russians I have spoken with). They support the war because it benefits them IMO
Oh sure, the same goes for everywhere else as well… but being blasted with propaganda 24/7 is a huge problem for the majority of people all over the world. Just like we all know about fox news, but if they had treated trump like they did the democrats, trump would have had a much harder battle to fight.
Now do Israel :)
For many of them it’s still far away. But I note the ukrainian counter of russian casualties is about to pass a million. While there is ‘fog of war’ it’s easier to say people are missing, so friends and relatives can keep hoping that theirs is the special case. During any prolonged ceasefire, it would become clearer who’s gone forever - which is one reason why P avoids this situation (and also bans NGOs like soldier’s mothers, who used to help connect these dots).
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