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Watching TV shows or movies that display Russia as a military superpower is almost surreal nowadays. (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 1 year ago by ramble81 to c/showerthoughts

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Was just watching Jack Ryan Season 3 and seeing the display of force and their movements causes some interesting dissonance given what we know now.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I recently saw the Rambo movies for the first time, and yeah I laughed about how they portrayed the russians.

Really goes to show that perception management is an effective strategy as long as thats all you do.

[–] BeMoreCareful 18 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but isn't that American propaganda?

We needed a bbg to justify our actions. I'm not saying it was out of nowhere, but the scale of the thing certainly played well for certain politicians.