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* [[Jan Krepelka]], “[https://laissez-faire.ch/en/articles/libertarianism-is-against-aggression-5/ Libertarianism is against aggression (5)]”, 2022 | * [[Jan Krepelka]], “[https://laissez-faire.ch/en/articles/libertarianism-is-against-aggression-5/ Libertarianism is against aggression (5)]”, 2022 | ||
== [[Botsideism]] == | |||
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[[russia]] is not squeaky clean. [[russia]] is what it is. And we are not ashamed of showing who we are. | |||
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[[Sergey Lavrov]], [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61825525 Lavrov: Russia is not squeaky clean and not ashamed], 17 June 2022 | |||
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The goal of russian propaganda with the firehood of falsehood is not to prove that [[russia] is right, or the "good guys". The goal is to ''instill doubt''. [[russia]] might be bad, sure, but what about... it might be hard to disprove that [[Wagner]] are nazis or terrorists, or that russia is a corrupt, dictatorial regime, but what if there's doubt about [[Ukraine]] having some issues too? Doesn't even need to be proved, ''instilling doubt'' is enough in order to push for questioning [[US Aid to Ukraine]]. Bothsideism is easier to attain. | |||
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[[uk: Потік брехні]] | [[uk: Потік брехні]] | ||
Revision as of 08:11, 4 May 2023
- Pekka Kallioniemi, “In today’s #vatniksoup, I’ll be talking about the Russian style of online propaganda and disinformation, “Firehose of Falsehood”. It’s a commonly used Kremlin strategy for Russian information operations, which often prioritizes quantity over quality.”, May 4, 2023 (thread) (pdf)
Destroy and ridicule the idea of truth
“ The Firehose of Falsehood: the Russian style of propaganda for an age of information abundance.
- High volume and multi-channel approach
- Shameless in its willingness to broadcast lies
- No commitment to, or requirement for consistency
- Rapid, continuous and repetitive messaging
- Point is not to persuade but to confuse and overwhelm
- Assumes a low trust environment and lowers it further
- Number of arguments matters more than their quality
- Drown out competing messages through sheer volume
- —
Botsideism
“ russia is not squeaky clean. russia is what it is. And we are not ashamed of showing who we are.
- — Sergey Lavrov, Lavrov: Russia is not squeaky clean and not ashamed, 17 June 2022
The goal of russian propaganda with the firehood of falsehood is not to prove that [[russia] is right, or the "good guys". The goal is to instill doubt. russia might be bad, sure, but what about... it might be hard to disprove that Wagner are nazis or terrorists, or that russia is a corrupt, dictatorial regime, but what if there's doubt about Ukraine having some issues too? Doesn't even need to be proved, instilling doubt is enough in order to push for questioning US Aid to Ukraine. Bothsideism is easier to attain.
