The USSR is not the russian federation and the later is an oligarchy. Why do you think such cold war arguments (that over simplify) have some sort of play in this conflict?

I also noticed you skated right on by the "can not be trusted" part of my quoted text.

[–] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you think I'm talking about the USSR, or about how American propaganda cultivates the mentality of "they are wrong no matter what they do"?

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Your entire argument was about the soviet union and its cold war relationship with the US. I have had it up to my nipples here on how fixated you all are on the US, I am not from the US, I don't like the US, I am sick of somehow having to explain to people who apparently think the US is evil but simultaneously think the world revolves around it.

WE GET IT YOU ARE AMERICAN AND YOU ARE DIFFERENT BUT LIKE MOST AMERICANS CAN NOT STAND WHEN SOMETHING IS NOT ABOUT YOU.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The quote is from "inventing reality by michael parenti". the cold war is an EXAMPLE, the authors POINT is that media will interpret literally ANY EVENT in a bad way to make enemies look morally inferior and bad.

[–] WldFyre@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Are socialist states immune from this fallacy?

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

But I am not media, the post I made is my honest take, and in this case the media stating this news is wagner and the russian state. How does this wall of text help me understand the apparent flaw in my statement?

[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago

They are suggesting that you have learned to reason backwards from certain conclusions.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah connect the dots by yourself, you cant be this unironically oblivious.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 0 points 1 year ago

I can and very much am. Please put some effort into this.

[–] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you know what an example is? What about an analogy?

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Why do you ask? I think you replied to the wrong post