re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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Good post amigo. Propaganda is a necessity of war. I doubt anyone here, even in the insane asylum next door, is bothered by the obvious propaganda we engaged in during WW2. There’s a difference between “ghost of kyiv” type of propaganda designed to boost morale and “the us/Ukraine are launching a bio weapon” propaganda which exists as a pretext for further escalation.

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Of course it’s a necessity, I’ve said that before in this very thread. I just think most people don’t realize it when they see it. And if I say “the ghost of Kyiv” is probably a bullshite lie i would get called a Putin dicksucker. The simple fact is that most people want to believe the lies because it makes them feel good.

Can someone explain to me something that I may have missed in all of this…and it may be elementary, I don’t know. I considered asking on the Poli board, but I’d just get answers that involves Trump, CIA, laptops, and Deep State.

It’s been said throughout this whole ordeal that the main concern from Russia was that Ukraine was on the verge of joining NATO. Russia “wants no part of a neighboring country to be part of NATO due to the threat of weapons being aimed directly at them from close range.”

With that said, there’s already 4 NATO countries that sit on the border of Russia. The Baltic States and Norway. Why aren’t/haven’t the Russians thrown a tantrum about these areas and why is it a much bigger ordeal that Ukraine would be part of NATO?

The Baltic states and Norway could just as easily be in the bed with the US and UK like Ukraine is said to be.

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All I know is that when I hear that the government is teaming up with social media, I get nervous.

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Yep, that is a sure sign some bullshite is getting spread around and that's definitely the case with this "war". Some folks are swallowing it right on down though

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Russia “wants no part of a neighboring country to be part of NATO due to the threat of weapons being aimed directly at them from close range.”

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Subterfuge. Real reason is Ukraine is chock full of natural resources. Russia also has several pipelines that pass through Ukraine. Taking the country means no more royalties.

Last and most important part is Putin it’sa former KGB officer. He longs for restoring the might and power his country once possessed. Can’t do that without an empire in his opinion

Regarding the Baltic states joining NATO and it not causing a stir. Russia has kept those states on a high alert with shenanigans such as sending Russian national‘s across the border to foment political issues. The Baltic states have beefed up their military readiness and have expected an invasion from Russia since 2012.


Final thought. The Ukrainian people are family members to many Russian people. Vladimir Putin could not stand idle while people that look like his, talk like his, and have deep ties with Russian families experience high functioning economic growth and full-fledged democratic freedom while common Russians continue to be left in the dust.

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All I know is that when I hear that the government is teaming up with social media, I get nervous.

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Definitely understand that.

I also can understand why government uses social media to get their message out since it is the main way to get to the younger crowd.

Considering the alternative what Russia is doing and completely shutting down all platforms so they control the message though, I'm much more on the side of we at least get the freedom of choosing to listen or not.

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I also can understand why government uses social media to get their message out since it is the main way to get to the younger crowd.

Considering the alternative what Russia is doing and completely shutting down all platforms so they control the message though, I'm much more on the side of we at least get the freedom of choosing to listen or not.

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It seems fairly innocuous on its face until you realize that the government is actively working with social media platforms to remove what they deem as misinformation. Jen Psaki said that the administration was flagging posts for Facebook regarding covid info they didn't like. I just don't see how there's really much difference between shutting down social media and having the government promote one narrative while banning alternative information. The latter seems far more insidious given that the disseminated information is perceived to be truth.

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It seems fairly innocuous on its face until you realize that the government is actively working with social media platforms to remove what they deem as misinformation.

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Our intelligence community has said for over a decade now that Russia uses Facebook for disinformation. Why the hell should we allow that to continue at this point?

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I just don't see how there's really much difference between shutting down social media and having the government promote one narrative while banning alternative information. The latter seems far more insidious given that the disseminated information is perceived to be truth.

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I truly wish more people would realize the inherent evil in this & the ultimate price that will be paid with this mindset. We have just experienced it ad nauseum with the china plandemic.

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This is the same army Biden tapped for covid messaging

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Oh great this this admin is gonna be pushing fake news galore

I wonder how many more sniper twins we are here about
Wouldnt be surprised if posters like Dr RC cried with Max from DWTS who was trapped inside a Ukrainian Church in Los Anegles

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Why the hell should we allow that to continue at this point?

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Because having private companies censor speech at the direction of our surveillance apparati is objectively more harmful to a free society than allowing Russian disinformation into the marketplace of ideas.