People who don’t actually live in it only experience the west through hollywood and other western media that portrays the west as a bastion of good and progressiveness against the backwards easterner hordes. They also believe all westerners are super rich living in mansions and driving ferraris all thanks to making good liberal decisions for their country.
These people intuitively understand that their own country has serious problems and isn’t a paradise, but because instead of reading books they watch hollywood movies the only solution they can come up with for their country’s shortcomings is that “we should do as westerners dictate to us, then we too, can all have mansions and drive ferraris just like the Americans do!”
This is why socialist states have been (rightfully) banning western media. Liberal media is only a mouthpiece of the rich.
God I wish all countries on this planet would just fucking ban “liberal media”. Every time I turn on TV I get to see ““Documentaries of History”” which are suspiciously one-sided and TV shows that bash and make fun of socialism at every chance they can get.
experience the west through hollywood and other western media
You forgot tourism and immigration. I feel a lot of people here underestimate the power of a good image, especially one that could be experienced in person. If you visit Prague or Florence as a tourist, while living in Russia all your life, you’d be forgiven for thinking “they have it better”.
For immigration I mainly mean people who left after USSR collapse (or around the time) and moved to USA. Plus the young specialists (mainly IT guys) who moved westwards in semi-recent years. You listen to their stories and you watch them on social media, then you turn on the TV and see a toad like Kisilev talking about patriotism (while you’re pretty sure he’s got a British passport).
Don’t fall into “people are brainwashed by the media” trap. While the media is heavily responsible, it’s not the sole culprit.
That’s true. I’m from a west Asian country though and I tell people back home that the west is not that great but they think I’m just trying to make them feel better or something and don’t believe me. The power of media is pretty influential as well, at least when it comes to west Asia. Perhaps for Russia it’s different, I don’t have experience with that.
People who don’t actually live in it only experience the west through hollywood and other western media that portrays the west as a bastion of good and progressiveness against the backwards easterner hordes. They also believe all westerners are super rich living in mansions and driving ferraris all thanks to making good liberal decisions for their country.
These people intuitively understand that their own country has serious problems and isn’t a paradise, but because instead of reading books they watch hollywood movies the only solution they can come up with for their country’s shortcomings is that “we should do as westerners dictate to us, then we too, can all have mansions and drive ferraris just like the Americans do!”
This is why socialist states have been (rightfully) banning western media. Liberal media is only a mouthpiece of the rich.
God I wish all countries on this planet would just fucking ban “liberal media”. Every time I turn on TV I get to see ““Documentaries of History”” which are suspiciously one-sided and TV shows that bash and make fun of socialism at every chance they can get.
You forgot tourism and immigration. I feel a lot of people here underestimate the power of a good image, especially one that could be experienced in person. If you visit Prague or Florence as a tourist, while living in Russia all your life, you’d be forgiven for thinking “they have it better”.
For immigration I mainly mean people who left after USSR collapse (or around the time) and moved to USA. Plus the young specialists (mainly IT guys) who moved westwards in semi-recent years. You listen to their stories and you watch them on social media, then you turn on the TV and see a toad like Kisilev talking about patriotism (while you’re pretty sure he’s got a British passport).
Don’t fall into “people are brainwashed by the media” trap. While the media is heavily responsible, it’s not the sole culprit.
That’s true. I’m from a west Asian country though and I tell people back home that the west is not that great but they think I’m just trying to make them feel better or something and don’t believe me. The power of media is pretty influential as well, at least when it comes to west Asia. Perhaps for Russia it’s different, I don’t have experience with that.
Exactly lol