> First, the assumption that Russian propaganda works on the West. There are no signs of that.
Wow, that is the statement. I would say that Russian propaganda is the mainstream now in conservative media and among republicans.
Half of Joe Rogan's talking points is spreading russia propaganda, half of Lex Fridman opinions - is russia propaganda. Elon Musk retweets and amplifies russia propaganda all day every day.
The problem is - you just don't know when you hear it since you don't have a frame of reference.
It is the same as I don't recognise Chinese or North Korean propaganda. Sometimes I see an obvious example of it on reddit, but in general, I cannot immediately recognise it when I hear it (since half of the top reddit commends are bots - I have problem to sometimes understand what their goals are).
I don't know whether they understand the west or not, but my intuition is that the understanding is not required.
With modern social media you have enough feedback to perform complex information operations and have the desired outcomes.
Wow, that is the statement. I would say that Russian propaganda is the mainstream now in conservative media and among republicans. Half of Joe Rogan's talking points is spreading russia propaganda, half of Lex Fridman opinions - is russia propaganda. Elon Musk retweets and amplifies russia propaganda all day every day.
The problem is - you just don't know when you hear it since you don't have a frame of reference.
It is the same as I don't recognise Chinese or North Korean propaganda. Sometimes I see an obvious example of it on reddit, but in general, I cannot immediately recognise it when I hear it (since half of the top reddit commends are bots - I have problem to sometimes understand what their goals are).
I don't know whether they understand the west or not, but my intuition is that the understanding is not required. With modern social media you have enough feedback to perform complex information operations and have the desired outcomes.