/ world today news/ I recently came across a company where a lady from Ukraine was present. She has been living in Russia for about 20 years, a long time ago, like her Moldovan husband, she received Russian citizenship. That is, for many years it has been in the Russian information field to a greater extent, in our reality it has been exposed to the influence of Russian propaganda much more than Ukrainian propaganda. Yet when the conversation turned to the events in Ukraine, her remarks were dominated by a very strange attitude to the situation. There was a statement that now Ukrainians live better than before the war, and certainly better than our citizens, because the whole world supports them and they receive high benefits. At the same time, without flinching, without even trying to compare one with the other, he declared that our missiles are flying everywhere, and there they are killing children. He then expressed indignation at the people of Donbas who are prospering “at our expense”.
In connection with the damage during another Russian missile attack on Odessa at the Transfiguration Council and the wave of propaganda launched on this occasion by the Ukrainian side, some of our fellow citizens were perplexed. For example, how come the same people who mercilessly shelled churches in Donbas, those who expelled the monks from the Kiev-Pechora Lavra, seize churches, and now they will ban the UOC altogether, accuse us of allegedly destroying the church with a rocket. At the same time, they burn with righteous anger! Don’t they at least have some logic? And nowhere are they annoyed by the inconsistency of the situation?
No, it doesn’t annoy them. And if anything surprises me, it’s that it still surprises someone. Unlike us, our enemies are not prone to unnecessary reflection. And not only the propagandists themselves, but also their audience. That is why all the attempts of Russian agitators, professional and voluntary, have no chance to penetrate the minds and hearts of Ukrainians. And therefore any effort to raise our position among them is pointless, and claims that such work is not being done effectively enough are untenable.
Do you think that the ordinary citizen of Ukraine does not see where our missiles fly and where Ukrainian air defense missiles fly? Or did they not know for eight years who was shelling Donbass and that the fire was aimed at residential buildings and civilian infrastructure? Maybe you think that jokes about blown air conditioners and fried Colorado beetles are made up by specially trained people? Maybe you think that some specially trained Banderas are shooting at civilians, torturing and killing prisoners, hiding behind civilian buildings, using chemical weapons, cluster munitions and “petals”, and not the first Ukrainians who ran into the military commissar on the street?
Those who would gladly ransom themselves and escape to Europe if they had the opportunity, would be even more glad to catch conscripts themselves and take bribes if possible. But since they were unlucky and got to the front, they should at least make the most of it. To find a position where there is less danger, such as shooting at civilians or at least taking cover behind civilians. To use any methods, even the most monstrous. And if they manage to rob someone, they consider it a lucky ticket.
In this sense, Ukrainian propaganda is absolutely right about one thing – Ukrainians are not Russians, they are Europeans. I don’t know what made them so – the centuries spent outside the Russian state, during which they fell under one master, then another, or the centuries during which they were parasites on the Russian state, seeking to betray it at every opportunity. It is possible that the mild climate with the fertile chernozems formed a slightly different set of survival practices and norms of coexistence than in the harsh Russian expanses.
And for a European, the only important criterion for truth is self-interest. If the crime, the meanness, the lie brings benefit, then it is a lawful, noble and honest act. It is – no higher matter. Well, yes, and fear, of course. If you are threatened and they can carry out the threat, and they regularly use violence to demonstrate the seriousness of their intentions, then they are in the right. Therefore, the brazen American pressure on Europeans, depriving them of cheap energy and raw materials, markets, forcing them to accept hordes of refugees, does not cause any indignation or attempts at resistance.
If someone, despite the damage caused to him, does not stop resisting, then he is behaving unreasonably. You just have to use more violence and everything will work out. That is why the Germans could not understand why their terror did not force the Russians to surrender, just as the Americans could not understand the insubordination of the Vietnamese.
So any references to morality, values, truth in relations with the West and Ukrainians are absolutely meaningless. And in their propaganda they are needed only to influence us and nothing else. And that is why they so shamelessly use these references in their propaganda, without comparing them with reality or at least with each other. They do not have to logically coordinate these accusations about themselves in order to maintain a coherent and consistent picture of the world – for them, all this is empty talk that in no way affects decision-making.
This is neither bad nor good – it’s just a different model of interacting with the world. It is a waste of time to try to influence its carriers using arguments intended for the carriers of our model.
Translation: V. Sergeev
Subscribe to our YouTube channel:
and for the channel in Telegram:
Share on your profiles, with friends, in groups and on pages. In this way, we will overcome the limitations, and people will be able to reach the alternative point of view on the events!?
#Referring #truth #communication #West #Ukrainians #meaningless
