Comments by "N Velsen" (@nvelsen1975) on "Five lessons about warfare from Ukraine" video.

  1. What I noticed in the Russian propaganda: On the long war vs short war video you noted Putin is not trying to make the Russian population politically engaged to increase conscription rates. They actually are trying to create political support in Russia, in a very weird, very Russian way. There's propaganda clips on Russian television now, it's wild. Let me sum up the clip's points and symbolism (so this is not my opinion, but what the Russian clip says, so warning: extreme lack of sense ahead) since I can't link and probably nobody wants to torture their eyes watching it: "You need to support Putin, because if Ukraine wins, gay men will come live in your house, who will fancy your daughter and if the gay man can't find a boyfriend you will have to have sex with him. Then the doorbell will ring, where black guys, who will greet you by dabbing, will tell you that you're conscripted even if you're mid-50's to go fight for NATO and for the gay people who are also all paedophiles." Now I hope we can all agree this is insane nonsense, but that's what the Russian government is telling Russian people. Also the Russian Duma recently pushed through a law that legally makes homosexuality and paedophilia to be the same thing. Putin is trying to portray himself as the shepherd of traditional religious values, and increase mobilisation through that route.
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