• brygphilomena@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    While propaganda at home tells us how bad the Iraqis, Saudis, afghanis, Russians, etc. are and how AMAZE-BALLS the USA is. We tend to forget that other countries are spreading their own propaganda on how amazing they are and how bad the USA is.

    Not everyone loves us, no matter how much the media portrays us as the “good guys.” Situations are not black and white, there is no ultimate right or wrong. There are infinite shades of gray, infinite opinions, and infinite means of achieving things. You can look at our politics are and how much discourse and compromises there are.

    Though most people think they are the good guys and most people aren’t running with malicious intentions. Even doing what we do, thinking we are the good guys. Means we’ll run up against people that disagree and we are always going to make enemies.

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      1 year ago

      Propaganda can be a hell of a drug. Just look at the Russians and kyiv during the literal opening shots of the war. They were told and hyped up that the Ukrainians would be welcoming them with open arms and they even brought along their parade uniforms expecting a quick victory…well reality sunk in when in a way Ukraine did welcome them with arms, just not the kind Russia expected.