West believes controlling the “narrative” is the same as reality.
Russkies believe controlling reality is the same as controlling reality.
It’s that simple.
OK, I burst out laughing when I read that, after first reading what The West believes.
True, after all the powers what are here in the
US think that chromosome 23 can magically change because the bearer of the chromosome can imagine really hard.
“West believes controlling the “narrative” is the same as reality. Russkies believe controlling reality is the same as controlling reality.”
“West believes controlling the “narrative” is the same as reality. Russkies believe controlling reality is the same as controlling reality.”
Sorry, meant to tell you that YOU NAILED IT.
You just nailed it. That is exactly what this stupid piece is about.
The knuckleheads running this country really think that.
“West believes controlling the “narrative” is the same as reality. “
Baudrillard wrote a series of essays about the first Gulf War, where he argued that the actual events of the military conflict had little to do with what was emphasized in the media presentations.
https://books.google.ca/books/about/The_Gulf_War_Did_Not_Take_Place.html?id=IGswfqekMuQC&redir_esc=y
He argued that the presentation in the media of what happened, was much more consequential than the actual military events. And the consequences of the war were entirely based on the media re-interpretation.
It seemed like goofy French Academic post-modernism at the time.
But now we have the ISW openly arguing that if the West can maintain control of the media narrative, Ukraine can “win” !
Btw, For anyone who is interested, this the latest polling in GoogleNews.
https://apnews.com/article/poll-ukraine-aid-congress-b772c9736b92c0fbba477938b047da2f