• Tankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    10 months ago

    They don’t have to be consistent because they know their audience will buy it either way. “Our enemies are subhuman, but they also control all the banks and newspapers”.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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      10 months ago

      For sure, it’s the kind of illusion of choice capitalism excels at. There’s a market for people who think Russia is a big threat and this is a mindset that the military industrial complex cultivates to get more funding, and there’s a market for people who believe in western superiority. Both are useful to capitalists in their own way.

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      10 months ago

      “Except ours of course, keep purchasing ours, the only free press around.”

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    10 months ago

    The enemy is both strong and weak. I wonder where I’ve heard that before…

  • Ronin_5
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    10 months ago

    The truth must be somewhere in the middle /s