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"Horrifying even the most radical critics of Western capitalism:" In Putin’s Russia, mass media has gone from being a function of society to a form of power over it, researcher says (russiapost.info)

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"In alliance with the authoritarian regime, the [Russian] mass media has made the country a real 'society of the spectacle,'", says Ilya Budraitskis, a political and social theorist previously based in Moscow. Currently he is a Visiting Scholar with the Program in Critical Theory, UC Berkeley in the US.

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[–] Astroturfed@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I can just hear the tankies screaming western propoganda, NATO evil so Russia good. Screaming it so hard at the screen it vibrates their entire body until they need their sock changed. Do they make communist hot pockets?

[–] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think most of the "tankies" on here are LLMs. Ditto for many far right voices in anonymous social media.

[–] zephyreks@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is everyone who disagrees with you an LLM?

[–] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do you go around trying to start arguments with strangers in real life too?

[–] zephyreks@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago

Only idiots