True. Alot of those who go along with Big Lies are not (Reply #20)

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Tue Mar 8, 2022, 12:26 AM

radius777 (3,493 posts)

20. True. Alot of those who go along with Big Lies are not

simply brainwashed (although many are) but are willing parties in sustaining the illusion. Nationalism is what Putin (and Trump) play to, ie ethnic grievance, which has always depended upon fictional narratives to justify evil.

Russians do however have limited information, so it would be interesting to see how/if their opinions would adjust if they were exposed to real news.

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27 replies	Author	Time	Post
If Russians Don't Believe What Is Happening In Ukraine...It's Because They Don't Want To [View all]	Me.	Mar 2022	OP
please, it's MAGAts	Skittles	Mar 2022	#1
You're Quite Right	Me.	Mar 2022	#4
...	Skittles	Mar 2022	#5
They clean the ROTTEN things out.	ProudMNDemocrat	Mar 2022	#10
Spot on analysis.	sheshe2	Mar 2022	#2
Yup. Or they agree.	onecaliberal	Mar 2022	#3
If they're like their parents, grandparents or older sibs...	paleotn	Mar 2022	#6
They know. They have to know.	Chainfire	Mar 2022	#9
Just like many Germans did believe the nazis were systematically sending Jews to the death camps	JohnSJ	Mar 2022	#7
Propaganda is a hellave drug,	Yorkie Mom	Mar 2022	#8
It is sooo much easier to believe what we want to believe, especially if the truth	Biophilic	Mar 2022	#11
+1	Me.	Mar 2022	#15
I am struck by the parallels between our invasion if Iraq and Putin's invasion of Ukraine.	Martin68	Mar 2022	#12
Don't you understand the Russian people don't have the same freedom of the media as we do?	Doodley	Mar 2022	#13
Of Course I Understand It	Me.	Mar 2022	#14
No, it isn't the same as here. Protests are illegal in Russia. The word war is being banned. America	Doodley	Mar 2022	#17
I Didn't Say They Have Access To The Same Media As Here	Me.	Mar 2022	#19
So, the entire Russian population is at fault and they aren't "letting on" what they know,	Doodley	Mar 2022	#25
Oh Honestly	Me.	Mar 2022	#26
+1,	uponit7771	Mar 2022	#18
Same with Islamic extremists and the DSA types	JI7	Mar 2022	#16
True. Alot of those who go along with Big Lies are not	radius777	Mar 2022	#20
K&R - yip	UTUSN	Mar 2022	#21
I am sure that is true for many	Meowmee	Mar 2022	#22
Majority of Russians support Putin	rockfordfile	Mar 2022	#23
I Just Heard This Morning THat It Is 2/3	Me.	Mar 2022	#24
I heard an interesting comment yesterday...	kentuck	Mar 2022	#27

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