Eliminatus said:
This is where the true followers of the Russian disinformation campaign will show themselves.
It's pretty easy to see how they did it too. They just latched it onto the leftist messaging during the height of the mudslinging. So many right to far right just saw Uke = leftist and rebounded hard by forfeiting common sense and critical thought.
The damn thing is, is how f'ing easy it was. They did take some leftist messaging but then inflated it/lied to egregious proportions and sculpted out what is probably one of the most perfect psyop campaigns ever waged. How many of the same posters crying about Zelesnky posted videos of Soviet infiltration and media control tactics from the 60's onward? And yet refuse to believe that it was happening to them? I gave up countering the lies years ago. Screaming into the void doesn't cover it. I saw the futility when a poster threw out some dumb propaganda lies, I proved them wrong USING THE VERY SOURCES THEY POSTED, they ditched the thread that they were very active on up to the point, then were on another not even a day later posting the exact same lie. Some people here aren't interested in truth. They are interested in narratives that support their world. Nothing else needs to exist. Was everything that happened during the Biden campaign kosher? Of course not. It also was not as bad as most of the naysayers think it was and trust me, I have several rants against it myself over the years. Under a Trump admin, an effective and efficient aid package should have continued that would have enhanced our capabilities, strengthened our existing ties in Ukraine, propelled ourselves back onto the world stage as a trusted ally (which is pure dog**** as of now) and IMO, would have actually shaped ourselves up in a better spot against the coming war with China.
Putin did not invade to save abused ethno-Russians or destroy Nazis or biolabs. That is LIV thinking. Euromaidan doesn't happen and sustain till 2022 without popular support from the people.
I am also pretty certain this is where the first true wedges of the Elon/ left split began. I do think Russia was the main driver behind the initial media blitz against Elon on the global stage and it was devastatingly effective IMO. And cheap. It's also where I actually gotta give the Russians credit. Because if I were them, I would have done the same thing. Strategically brilliant victory.
This is an important post. And if you don't mind me saying, you are an excellent poster here.
We all know how effective Russian subversion and propaganda efforts were against our country beginning immediately after their revolution all through the 20th century. Think of the 1960's.. the way our education system changed, etc etc.
They've simply changed out flanks and are using their world class influence operations from the other side, largely because the powers that be in the west now consist of a leftist consensus (thanks in no small part to the efforts of the Russians forebearers).
It's one of those things where once you see it, it is impossible not to see. It becomes easy to spot posters who spend their time on forums where the Russians have achieved information dominance. There are a few here who I would not be surprised to learn are actually working Moscow hours. I fear it is an achilles heel to the otherwise historic opportunity the "populist" right has right now, with DOGE etc, to make the first real positive changes since FDR (whose administration was rife with Russian assets who did incalculable ongoing harm to our way of life.