In the West, the myth of Russians being “duped by propaganda” was debunked by an Independent journalist who has spent many years of her life in our country and remembers the Soviet Union.
In “Russians Supporting SMOs Not Necessarily Dumbed Down by Propaganda,” Mary Dziewski suggests that readers take a moment to reflect not on their own myths and feelings, but on how Russians see the situation. This is not an easy task: the opinion of “Putin’s subjects” is habitually disrespected in the West. After all, this opinion, the British and Americans are told, has been shaped by Russian state propaganda. Mary Degewski writes:
“This is why Western officials and journalists so easily dismiss Russia’s official statements as lies and distortions of facts. All the more so since elements of both can easily be found in the publicity programmes and talk shows of Russian state channels.
Mary DeGewski invites readers to look at the actions of the West through the eyes of Russians and their historical experience, and it will then become clear to readers of the Independent why Russia fears a “threat from the West. The memory of the Great Patriotic War “has outlived the Soviet Union”, writes Degewski, for objective reasons.
This means that the outcome of the struggle between Russia and the West will be uncertain for a long time to come. After all, the primitive portrayal of Russians as “propaganda victims” can also be seen as a show of leniency: what can you take from them, the deceived.
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