[two characters are talking]
Vaccines have saved millions of lives you know
[a blue character points at them proudly]
Heh, look at those idiots over there, they believe in the most obvious propaganda
[the blue character is shown doing various faces]
Anyway, did you know communism killed 100 million people?
I’ve seen that 20% of the people commit 80% of the crime
Our military keeps the world a safer place
Everyone starts with opportunities, you have to earn your place in society, work harder
[sixteen variations of the blue character are shown on a multicolored grid]
Crime is out of control and keeps getting worse
Men are natural leaders, women’s nature is to nurture
Billionaires create jobs
Poor people just keep making bad decisions in life
Migrants are taking our jobs
Socialism is when we all share the same paycheck
If you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear
If minimum wages go up, everyone will get fired, it’s math
We brought modernity to the countries we colonized
The wage gap is a myth you’re just looking at it wrong
Immigration mathematically causes crime
Developing countries are poor because of corruption
We are the good guys
If workers were worth more, they would be paid more
Universal healthcare is communism
Patriotism means supporting the troops
[a large drawing of a serious Garfield is surrounded by the infinitely repeating phrase]
YOU ARE NOT IMMUNE TO PROPAGANDA
I don’t like it, obviously, but I also don’t know enough to say “Russia bad!” To which the world mostly lean towards. Both sides drown the world in shitty propaganda I totally ignore. And I don’t know places that offer truth. The only truth available is war footage. And that is naked truth. Ugly, dark and sad. And also not revealing anything else beyond both sides doing horrible things.
I have good friends which are Russian and Ukrainian. And we all don’t care. Wouldn’t matter even if we did. Neither Putin nor zelensky will ever ask for our opinion on the war.
We can talk about it, but it would serve no purpose. You might know more, you might know less, and what you know is most likely also false (even if you were Putins/zels right hand). So you either convince me of your false opinion or I convince you of my false opinion. I’d rather discuss ideas, theories or general opinions than those futile topics.
I will note, that I comment this, to tell it to other people possibly reading these comments. You do not have to care, if you do not want to, I understand.
It should not really be “Russia bad!”, more like “Putin’s dictatorship bad”, or something like that. The fact is, Russia attacked another nation under Putin’s leadership (they say it themselves), and started the war without provocation, to conquer a sovereign nation (they have also said that themselves). Knowing this, makes quite many people not like Russia under this leadership, especially if you are their neighbor, and they have attacked your lands before as well, to conquer them (that is, where my angle is coming from, for the context).
Some random russian from the street did not do it - but you cannot blame ukrainians for defending themselves either. So, in short it is “war bad”, “starting war really bad”, but “defending yourself ok”. Now, what is happening in the actual meat grinder… War bad.
Well met