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- Comment on Hideo 1 4 months ago:
So… is no one going to comment that it looks like Mads is going down on Hideo?
- Comment on YouTube Not Accessible Across Russia. 4 months ago:
Propaganda is usually truthful or exaggerated truth. It’s the framing that is important. Some facts are focused on. Some facts are omitted.
I acknowledge that Russia, China and the DPRK have made mistakes and even done things that are deeply questionable. But I’m interested in comparing their mistakes or misguided actions to those of the most powerful military empire on earth. The one involved in hundreds of military actions and dozens of coups since its inception. The one with the largest per capita prison population on earth. The one which controls many of the world’s financial levers.
There is a difference in the scale of their mistakes or bad actions. Propaganda distorts that difference of scale. It focuses on the crimes of the “enemies” / “axis of evil” / “rogue states” but doesn’t examine context or culpability of the empire. They’ll choose one conflict, downplay 9 others, and give a one-sided view of that one conflict.
That’s how propaganda works. Every state produces propaganda. One state produces billions of dollars of propaganda each year.
- Comment on I wonder what they smell like. 4 months ago:
Good film. One of the few good Lovecraft adaptations, IMHO.
- Comment on YouTube Not Accessible Across Russia. 4 months ago:
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty is straight up State department propaganda.
- Comment on I wonder what they smell like. 4 months ago:
Richard Stanley was hired to direct “The Island of Doctor Moreau” but was replaced by John Frankenheimer after a few days of shooting. However, Stanley considered the film to be his baby (he co-wrote the script) and didn’t want to leave. So he disguised himself as one of the mutants and secretly remained on the shoot.
You can watch the documentary about the shooting of this B-movie and it’s full of weird details like that. It’s called “Lost Soul: the doomed journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Doctor Moreau”
- Comment on Is Boeing in big trouble? World's largest aerospace firm faces 10 more whistleblowers after sudden death of two 7 months ago:
Would be funny if Boeing started cutting corners with their hitmen, too.
- Comment on But how would they be able to live on that? 8 months ago:
Sounds like he has Nosferatu plans
- Comment on democracy in Russia 9 months ago:
Yes, he is essentially pro Western which is why the NED funded the Levada center.
Putin had a meeting with the other candidates yesterday, by the way. I think that opposition is likely kept our of power by various means.
Especially important if the opposition is funded by the UK and US, like Navalny’s Democratic Alternative
- Comment on democracy in Russia 9 months ago:
The point I’m making is that he is popular in Russia. Ergo, why wouldn’t he get elected? And more specifically, his election result is exactly in line with the US-backed polling company prediction.
As for how he runs the country, whether there are lies, I’m not making a point on that.
We should question the original Western narratives about a stolen election when we can see the evidence of Putin’s popularity. You can read articles in western media that affirm Putin is popular in Russia.
- Comment on democracy in Russia 9 months ago:
Check the second link. It’s a National endowment for democracy backed polling company. NED is founded by US Congress, has US Congress and State department oversight and funding.
- Comment on democracy in Russia 9 months ago:
Putin got 87% of the vote and yet in polls he only got 86% support. Definitely rigged.
- Comment on The platform era is ending. Rather than build new Twitters and Facebooks, we can create a stuff-posting system that works better for everybody. 9 months ago:
What if we didn’t even have ads on the internet?
- Comment on Divide and rule 9 months ago:
It’s important to follow the laws of the land, otherwise there is damage to the system. Legal framework, electoral framework, political framework. So when answering your question about Putin, the electoral rules and legalities of Russia’s system must be examined. Were they violated?
That is also a question on the US national agenda for Trump. It is important to consider his case in context of the system. And to compare his real estate dealings to others who deal in real estate. What was the severity and nature of the alleged crime? Are these kinds of behaviors common in the American political class?
- Comment on Reddit introduces a new ad format that looks similar to posts made by users | TechCrunch 9 months ago:
That’s because you haven’t tried cool ranch yet
- Comment on Reddit introduces a new ad format that looks similar to posts made by users | TechCrunch 9 months ago:
Purchased upvotes and downvotes that make criticism invisible