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Comment by sham1

7 months ago

Truth is the best narrative, and it's better than – perhaps unconsciously – downplaying the culpability of the Russian Federation for the war.

Heroyam Slava.

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pydry  7 months ago

It's curious how the "true narrative" people fight with such a passion for so frequently coincides with the dominant war narrative currently pushed by the imperial power center they live under.

That is, until 10 years later when they have a new narrative about a different military rival. They quietly stop pushing the old narrative and everyone quietly admits the old one was kinda bullshit all along.

E.g. my views didnt change one iota since 2003 but these views at some point magically stopped conferring a "Saddam sympathizer" moniker from people who demanded unthinking ideological commitment.

It works the same way with people who live under and unthinkingly consume Russian imperialist propaganda too. The more passionate ones make routine demands for ideological purity similar to the one above.

  • dcow  7 months ago

    What annoys me is that war is war. Of course there’s an aggressor and defender that’s how war works. A bunch of people die. War happens because there is no peaceful answer to, “who is right”. There is no global true narrative. Does it really matter which side is justified? No. The side that wins writes history. But that doesn’t stop a bunch of people so far removed from the war it will never affect them even one tiny bit from burning cycles arguing about which narrative is the nice “true” one. Likely so they can feel good and comfy and morally superior when they close their eyes at night.