My opponent on FB gave the example of France, where many still trust Russian propaganda. Unfortunately, many do not understand those complicated processes that take place in the information spaces of Western countries..
It is much easier to talk about what is happening in countries where the media are not so much information bodies as propaganda bodies.. But in Western countries, everything is not clear. And we often do not understand the processes that take place in these countries..
Recently, in her FB post, Jeanna Bugaytsova, who has been working at one of the Swedish universities for many years, drew attention to the difference in Sweden in accepting Ukrainian and Arab immigrants. Why Ukrainian immigrants are mostly women with children, while Arab immigrants are young men. The former are required to immediately get a job, while the latter are given from a year to several years to settle down. This is not an accident: for the leftist governments of Europe, Ukrainian immigrants are unwanted immigrants.
It must be clearly understood that the current attitude in Europe towards Ukraine and Russia's aggression comes from below, from people. It was not the media that initiated this process, but social networks, personal protests of people, personal attitude. It was this pressure “from below” that prompted the media to take the side of Ukraine. But this support for Ukraine in the European media is not at all unambiguous.. For example, even publications that openly support Ukraine publish without comment the lies spread by Russian officials.. For some time now, some publications have begun to comment on this, pointing out the absurdity of some statements by Russian officials, but this does not happen always and everywhere.
For example, we often argue about America and its help.. Many say that Biden is so wonderful that he helps us. There is one problem, gentlemen.. Check out the ratings. It sounds funny, but it has already become a joke: Zelensky's rating in the US is higher than Biden's rating. Zelensky is trusted by 70 percent of Americans. Biden does not even have to dream of such a rating, even in those media that forgive him everything. Under these conditions, support for Ukraine in the interests of Biden is much more than just Biden's desire to help Ukraine. It's an election year and Biden is trying to make Zelensky popular.
Of course, there have been situations before when local politicians played on the support of foreign public figures.. But the current story is simply unprecedented: Zelensky is today one of the main arguments in the fight for seats in Congress this fall.. That is why so much of Biden's PR is dedicated to Ukraine and Zelensky. But, let's be honest - it's like in that joke about the locomotive that goes to communism - all the energy goes into the whistle!
Yes, Biden screams for support, talks about it from morning to night, but in practice he does it with an eye on Putin. And therefore, so far we have not received any aircraft, or missile systems, or any other heavy weapons..
This situation simply has not been in the United States for many years.. Ukrainian soldiers and officers showed such courage that the world has not seen, well, at least since the Civil War in Yugoslavia. But even there the situation was more ambiguous.. But for the leader of the country that became the target of aggression to be more popular than the President of the United States - I don’t remember such a precedent at all.
However, the United States is a special country, here the war for independence is in special honor.. It is no coincidence that in the famous film " Talented cynic and opportunist Mel Gibson knows well what Americans love. But with European countries, everything is much more complicated.. I mean, of course, the countries of " The countries of the “New Europe” (with the exception of Hungary) are well aware of the situation with this war, they realize that if Putin wins, they become the next target.. True, there are powerful pro-Russian groups in these countries, but our happiness, except for Hungary, they are not in power everywhere. But the countries of “Old Europe”, which have been living at the expense of the United States for many years, hiding behind its back, hiding behind its shield in case of any danger (and they love to spit in the direction of the United States), are far from being so unambiguous about this situation..
It must be borne in mind that the trust of society, or, more simply, the electorate, to the elite in Europe (the establishment) is at the lowest level. This is very clearly seen from the voting figures: a very small part of the voters come to the polling stations. People especially do not trust pan-European structures: here the results of those who came to the polls are the lowest. We must also keep in mind the general “anti-capitalist” and “anti-aristocratic” orientation of the entire scientific and cultural elite of Europe, as well as the media. To understand what I mean, just watch any English detective series. Every second criminal is a businessman. Racial and ethnic proportions in real life and in films differ by at least an order of magnitude: criminals from Asian or African countries are extremely rare in films and television series, but an overwhelming number in real life. And vice versa with whites: in films and TV shows they are the main criminals, but in life, well, in general, it’s clear. Representatives of the aristocracy are all as one nonentity, parasitizing on their aristocratic status. Those who wish can refer, for example, to the famous detectives JK Rowling about Cormoran Strike. But Rowling is far from the worst option.
The famous “norms of tolerance” play an important role in relations between the media and European society.. It must be borne in mind that it is thanks to the “fight against tolerance” that Putin is seen by many in Europe as a dissident to the ruling establishment.. The European media, which has unequivocally declared war on all those who do not profess “norms of tolerance”, are considered by many in Europe as liars.. The recent scandal, when well-known left-wing intellectuals begged and began to ask for an end to the campaign against them in the media (the funny thing is that these same intellectuals themselves are examples of intolerance towards ideological opponents), is very typical.. Intolerance towards ideological opponents in today's leftist press has reached the scale of the ideological wars of the Pravda newspaper with the " The NKVD, however, is not yet at their service.
The only thing that supports Ukraine now is the Europeans, who demand to support a courageous country.. True, Boris Johnson stands apart, but a separate conversation about him.
Today, the brilliant PR activity of President Zelensky is the main weapon of Ukraine. His speeches before parliaments, his direct appeals to people and politicians help to support the general trend of support for Ukraine. But there is no need for illusions, with very rare exceptions, the entire political elite of " And absolutely the same policy and Biden. Their help is an attempt to buy off real decisions at any cost.. They are extremely grateful to Putin that they can refer to his threat of nuclear war as an excuse not to make decisions on the supply of heavy weapons.. If not for Putin's threats, it would be much more difficult for them to refuse Ukraine. And you need to understand that they want to refuse, not because of Putin, but because they simply want to refuse: not to make fundamental decisions. Relieve yourself of responsibility, shift it to tomorrow. On others!
It's always been. The USSR has always used this, there have always been millions of " It’s just that our happiness is such that it coincided when both in Europe and in the USA such dummies are in power.
An interesting detail: all those right-wing politicians who prayed to Putin for his fight against “norms of tolerance” - all of them, with the exception of Hungary, became ardent anti-Putinists after Putin really showed himself to Europe in Ukraine. All this political underground today speaks for Ukraine at rallies. But the official establishment is still the same: “neither fish nor meat”.
Britain, led by Boris Johnson, stands apart in this political struggle.. Britain that left the EU (under Johnson), which EU representatives sling mud at every turn, and put spokes in the wheels. And the media constantly write what kind of collapse awaits Britain after leaving the EU. But today it is Johnson's Britain that remains the only country in "
Ukraine should thank the Almighty that non-Laborites are in power in Britain today. If they ruled this country now, instead of real support, we would receive endless portions of PR from London instead of help. And the sanctions " Yes, yes, from the "
Well, for a snack about Little Red Riding Hood. The famous fairy tale by Charles Perrault from the collection " With this book and with this fairy tale, everything is not as we used to think..
If you do not touch on curious details, then we can say that this is a kind of political farce on a “permitted topic” during the years of militant hypocrisy of the last years of the Sun King’s reign. As you know, when the devil gets old, he becomes a monk.. I recommend reading the full text of Little Red Riding Hood.
When Ukraine is now praising the EU, and it is doing everything possible to avoid real military assistance to Ukraine, and the only major European country, the main supporter of this very military assistance - Britain - has left the EU, then I immediately recall the fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood.