You guys keep disregarding any and all criticism of capitalism

Spend three seconds on Lemmy and you’ll see how wrong this is.

Can you give an example? Are you talking about propaganda from a government or something else?

Centralization is still a problem, but LW doesn’t have as much propaganda and aggressive moderation

I think this is too nuanced for lemmy.ml to handle, they prefer black and white

More like another Afghanistan, like the one the broke the USSR.

Except Russia has already lost ten times as many troops in a fifth of the time.

Weird to see a non-biased post about this conflict with a respectable news source on Lemmy.

They’re not even really Marxists/communists, it’s a facade for propaganda.

Yeah, theres a lot of propaganda and people fighting about it.

Blah blah blah same propaganda, same lies. Even a fool could say you’re trying to get Trump elected.

What do you mean specifically when you say “the media”?

Yes I think you’re right about the Kremlin’s approach: they exacerbate weaknesses that are already there.

obvious

It’s not obvious, they know subtlety is required, and the core of most propaganda is truthful.

Something to look for is content that divides the enemies of the Kremlin/CCP (often the same). Digital divide and conquer, fueled by paid shills and LLMs.

Some examples are:

• Exacerbating conflict, like supporting extreme stances about Israel’s genocide, BLM, trucker convoys, EU-UK alliance (Brexit)
• General support for extremists on both/all sides

They also more directly attack political opponents. They can’t constantly say “Putin is great,” it’s too obvious. But they attack people.

Biden is an obvious example because they want their asset Trump to win, and an interesting example because they’re also focusing on Israel and BLM as wedge issues against Biden… the Kremlin really wants Trump to win so they can steal land and control people in eastern Ukraine.

There are some real communists there, but it’s more of a facade for Kremlin and CCP propaganda.

Fwiw I’m fine with the real communists, it’s a noble ideology that at the very least provides an important counterbalance for late stage capitalism. But I hate lemmy.ml and their ilk for supporting the spread of authoritarians.

Yeah, it’s honestly a real bummer. I’d love to encourage people to use the Fediverse, but I won’t even tell people I use it as it is.

I do.

It’s important to call out the massive influx of Kremlin and CCP propaganda on social media, and it’s all over the place on Lemmy.

They understand Kremlin oppression.

Yes fair enough

Should have happened 6 months ago

If someone invaded your country and started murdering people you’d want to win the war.

divide and conquer

Bingo. I wish more people would see this, it’s shameful how badly democracies around the world have been caught with their pants down.

Authoritarian governments have a huge advantage when it comes to malicious propaganda. So much less oversight.