There's a Putin election advert and everything in it is Western far right talking points. It's a combination of the Russian state inventing all the bullshit culture war talking points, and Russia going with what the Western far right comes up with.Uncle fester wrote: Fri Aug 18, 2023 8:23 pm It's amazing how so much of right wing/culture war troll media pops up on Russian media. Venn diagram would be interesting.
A lot of it originates in Russia. All the anti-gay and anti-trans stuff was pumped out by Putin before it existed in the West. Strangely a lot of Westerners are now losing their mind over this stuff, when not long ago they didn't care. It's also strange how climate is becoming a culture war issue, there was bipartisan agreement on it until recently, Russia has a vested interest in fossil fuel and is known to funnel cash to anti-green groups.
The SA stuff looks like Russia copying the Western far right. I'm not sure what it's all about, some sort of white American hysteria about becoming a minority maybe. I do know it's completely unrelated to how 90%+ of white South Africans see things.
In SA there was a small white far right that ended up being supported by almost no one. They moderated their views and tried to become more respectable to get more support. They've always avoided party politics and still do because they would fail and lose credibility. Which leaves a tiny white right wing that is as moderate as its supporters will allow, supported by maybe 5% of the white population. They tend to obsessively campaign on very narrow issues and make a lot of noise on social media, they've had some success in getting Western media attention, the same Western media which completely ignores the official opposition millions of people vote for including a super majority of the white population. The official opposition supports Ukraine.
source that Robotyne was liberated. Clarification this morning: it occured after 'a small battle at night at the checkpoint at the southern part'. This morning I received confirmation from a seperate source from the area. (Some Ru commentary say similar - see in link). Film illustrative but recent - likely from the east side of Robotyne.
