{"id":416,"date":"2023-02-24T18:31:30","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T17:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medusian.com\/?p=416"},"modified":"2023-02-24T19:12:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T18:12:22","slug":"simple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medusian.com\/?p=416","title":{"rendered":"Simple."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to western governments and media, and consequent popular public opinion, Russia invaded Ukraine, a democratic, freedom-loving, innocent and harmless sovereign nation in February 2022, <strong>with no provocation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why would Russia do such a thing? Well, to fulfil Putin&#8217;s imperial aspirations to rule and conquer Ukraine. As a first step to invade and dominate the baltic states, Finland, Poland and ultimately the entirety of Europe, including the UK. To fulfil Putin&#8217;s autocratic, dictatorial whims. To steal the wealth and resources of Ukraine. To reabsorb Ukraine within the Soviet (oops) Russian Federation. Because Putin is an inhuman madman. It&#8217;s a war of aggression (Full stop. Period. No further details required).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s it. Really. That&#8217;s the entirety of the &#8216;argument&#8217; and rationale for western belief. All taken for granted without question, reason, debate or analysis. It&#8217;s all we are ever told.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russia BAD, Ukraine GOOD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On this preschool-level understanding, the US, EU, UK and NATO have pumped billions in cash and weapons into Ukraine, enforced vast tranches of economic sanctions and undertaken illegal terrorist and piratical activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With these arguments the entirety of western media, with one voice, regale us. For these reasons, people wear blue and yellow pins, donate fire-engines to Kyiv, and append &#8216;Slava Ukraini&#8217; and sunflower emoji&#8217;s to social media accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s not a question of the quality of thought on display but that thought itself has been subordinated to conformity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What on earth has happened to us?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone dissenting from this ludicrous narrative, no matter how slightly, is labeled a &#8216;Putin stooge&#8217; and accused of disseminating &#8216;Russian talking points&#8217; or &#8216;Russian mis\/disinformation.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t matter who you are, famous or obscure, you will be silenced, shadowbanned, ignored, mocked and abused should you but slightly veer from the prescribed narrative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>History and precedent are to be ignored. Truth is to be &#8216;fact-checked&#8217; (by the western narrative-peddlers) until it conforms to the narrative. Any evidence to the contrary is to be ignored, no matter how damning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reality itself is now subservient to mere belief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Media outlets from Russia have been banned and silenced. Any non-conforming media outlet, likewise banned and silenced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is only one message. It is not to be questioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a whole year of this raucous insanity, it&#8217;s become crystal clear to me that &#8216;the west&#8217; controls the narrative so completely that it has become impervious to questioning and lacking any responsibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outright lies are told, over and over, with shameless impunity and without consequence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have completely abandoned our ethical and moral standards. There is no justice. 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