Reading the comment section of the NYT leaves me wondering why so many Americans idolize Putin and hate their own country? Even here on HN there there are those who in a clever way show their support for Putin and Russia. When did it become okay to start a war and invade other countries with the goal of destroying them and erasing their identity and existence? Shameful.....
Russian propaganda is surprisingly effective and hard to pin down. Like I was puzzled the whole way through why Tucker Carlson was basically pushing Kremlin propaganda and only recently discovered that his dad is getting paid by Orban's lot to lobby for Hungary in DC and Orban is basically controlled by Putin. And you can't prove a lot of stuff but it seems fairly evident it is going on.
I’ve just had to resign myself to the theory that fluoridation turned them into fellow travelers. Alternatively, they’re right and Dark Brandon would have to be the most ingenious strategic thinker and manipulator in generations.
Sadly a tour through small town america will reveal many more "fuck Ukraine" stickers and bathroom scrawlings than you will see Ukraine flags, or symbols of support. America has been shit brained by decades of terrible leadership on the right, brain drain in rural areas, and overall shitty education.
While we might not agree with those and we might consider it stupid I have a hard time imagining propaganda has advanced to country side bathrooms. The NYT comment section requires no imagination.
