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Martinghoul said:
It's a convenient narrative that allows the American people to continue to feel good about themselves. Pandering, I believe, is the appropriate term...
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Maybe there's a convenient narrative that allows the Russian people to continue to feel good about Putin.
 
Ricter said:
Maybe there's a convenient narrative that allows the Russian people to continue to feel good about Putin.
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Absolutely... There's no doubt whatsoever that the Russian media panders and offers convenient narratives, but, then again, it's supposed to be par for the course, innit? Given that Russia is a backward benighted dictatorship and all that jazz... The fact that it appears to be happening in the US, that veritable pinnacle of enlightened democracy, is rather more unfortunate.
 
Martinghoul said:
Absolutely... There's no doubt whatsoever that the Russian media panders, but, then again, it's supposed to be par for the course, innit? Given that Russia is a backward benighted dictatorship and all that jazz... The fact that it appears to be happening in the US, that veritable pinnacle of enlightened democracy, is rather more unfortunate.
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Agreed. One of the most radicalizing things that can happen to a person is to discover the concept of socialization, and especially its relativity.
 
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