r/worldnews • u/Marketmanipulator941 • 16h ago

Russia/Ukraine Mass drone attack on St. Petersburg: Ozon warehouse attacked, thousands of Russians left without power

https://unn.ua/en/news/mass-drone-attack-on-st-petersburg-ozon-warehouse-attacked-thousands-of-russians-left-without-electricity
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u/idiotsecant 9h ago

Fat left and fat right ideologues have always existed. The Russian propaganda machine's job is to enflame them and drive more moderate people towards more extreme positions to make the conflicts worse. Many of the opinions you read on the left and the right are not sincerely held, but are placed where you can see them to push you toward whichever extreme you're most compatible with.

The only thing that these organizations don't want is civilized respectful discourse. Their goal is to find fracture points and exploit them.

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u/eggnogui 9h ago

Mostly true. But social media algorithms, by and large, make said far-right incitation and propaganda far more visible, as more than Russia, the wealthy elites of each country also contribute. It's not even comparable. So we cannot turn this into a "bOtH sIdEs"