Putin is former KGB and knows how to use events and current reality to frame a narrative in order to turn people to his side, it's one of the best skillsets the KGB has as if a person believes a narrative based in reality that you're the only one on their side, they are more likely to go out of their way to assist you.
It's just the West makes it so goddamn easy with it's war on the freedoms and self determination of it's own people.
This. People here are so hung up hating our own governments because of how awful they are they fall over themselves praising hostile governments who would destroy our freedoms as well. They can both be the bad guys people.
Certainly, but nuance is important. We are more than capable of making judgements on which entity is more or less evil. Just lumping them both in the "bad guys" bin is lazy.
Praising someone (someone who used to work for a spy agency) for claiming to be less evil is pretty lazy. Oh so the foreign politician who used to be a spy is less evil because he says he is.
Would you mind pointing out where I said that this conclusion is reached merely by taking his word for it? Please don't erect an army of strawmen you're giving me reddit flashbacks.
Putin is former KGB and knows how to use events and current reality to frame a narrative in order to turn people to his side, it's one of the best skillsets the KGB has as if a person believes a narrative based in reality that you're the only one on their side, they are more likely to go out of their way to assist you.
It's just the West makes it so goddamn easy with it's war on the freedoms and self determination of it's own people.
This. People here are so hung up hating our own governments because of how awful they are they fall over themselves praising hostile governments who would destroy our freedoms as well. They can both be the bad guys people.
Certainly, but nuance is important. We are more than capable of making judgements on which entity is more or less evil. Just lumping them both in the "bad guys" bin is lazy.
Praising someone (someone who used to work for a spy agency) for claiming to be less evil is pretty lazy. Oh so the foreign politician who used to be a spy is less evil because he says he is.
Would you mind pointing out where I said that this conclusion is reached merely by taking his word for it? Please don't erect an army of strawmen you're giving me reddit flashbacks.