Oddbean new post about login | logout This war has taught me what propaganda is capable of. I have seen so many videos where Russian soldiers die — not by the weapons that wound them, but by being left to die by the Russian army which does not provide medical assistence. Yet when Russians are interviewed, most of them still believe Russia is bringing something good to this world. Let me repeat that: The side which lets it's own soldiers die, still firmly believes it is the good side. That is how powerful propaganda is.
@133a688f Nazis never have existential crises that ask "Are we the baddies?!?" https://youtu.be/ToKcmnrE5oY?si=8GOT7uB4QeKOLza5 They go to their graves believing it was everyone else who was wrong and angry when others stopped sharing their delusions. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/are-we-the-baddies Russians share that same delusional thinking.