How Russia Controls the Narrative and Manipulates You

In an era where falsehoods spread faster than truth, uncover the chilling reality of information warfare. Dive deep into how Russia manipulates global narratives and challenges Western democracies. Watch now!

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[Kevin_Street]

The thing is, Russia has _always_ been doing this, for generations, in both war and peacetime. The Czar's agents wrote the "Protocols" over 125 years ago, for goodness sake. They're like fishermen constantly putting hooks in the water. It doesn't matter to the fisherman how many hooks he uses, because he knows that one or two will always catch a fish. It's remarkable how the government in Russia changes from monarchy to communism to kleptocracy, but their information warfare approach to the West has always remained the same.

And yes, AI could give them an enormous advantage. Imagine the coming era when entire videos like this one will be convincingly simulated by AI. We're going to need new ways of verifying the truth, and we'll need them very soon.

[shiftymcgee]

The real horrifying part, especially in American politics, is that recipients of misinformation prefer lies over truth. It comforts these people. Simplified answers and easy targets of who’s to blame.

[Byzantine-Revolt]

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it." - Joseph Goebbels

[Mystictiki]

Yuri Bezmenov's interview from the 1980's on Soviet Active Measures might be useful for further information.

[MichaelLesterClockwork]

I have tried to explain all this to soooo many people. Now I can just send them the link to ignore completely instead...

[AncientIrishCelt]

Greetings Comrades. I am John Smith from San Antoniograd, Texas Oblast. Please to be not believing lies from western Whistler man.

Best Regards,

Johnonov Smith

[clayongunzelle]

Bro it's your channels I watch to keep updated with what's going on, if anybody is manipulating me it's you Simon.

[lynameep]

I love how the comment section is literally proving the videos point.

[mercenarygundam]

CABAL from Tiberian Sun once said: Control the media, Control the mind.

[bigsilverorb]

Rarely do I find someone speaking my actual concerns so well on YouTube.

[chance_in_the_chat]

Pro tip: Oftentimes, the ones they villify, go out of their way to silence, or block from being seen and heard end up being the ones trying to warn the population of a bigger unjust threat.

[CleverRiley]

God that opening with the Jonathan swift quote was amazing, the second you said it was Mark Twain I knew exactly where you were going with it

[treelobster]

Wow I'm so early that there aren't any comments acting like they've made an informed opinion before the video is even out for its own length!

[xjunkxyrdxdog]

The trolls are gonna go nuts on this one.

[lucasokeefe]

Social media companies that don't call this crap out are complicit, and the ones that downplay their influence should have their boards jailed.

[joelockard]

Being manipulated by a country or media is the choice of a lazy person. They choose to watch whats fed to them and take it for whats going on. Do a bit of research and you can see the bigger picture at the very oeast and maybe form a more informed opinion.

[indiegamesforthewin]

OF COURSE
About them being taught ukraine isnt a real country in schools, they did this before
In the 1930s when russia and germamy invaded poland, polish children were taught that poland would never be a country again

[garyfrombrooklyn]

Raoul Silva's words to James Bond in Skyfall comes to mind. Hell, even Q's casual comment to Bond about how much damage he could do with his laptop in his pjs before his first cup of Earl Grey comes to mind.

[ImRanger]

The irony of this video is that this is also filled with a bunch of lies

[rsobe]

"What a grand and intoxicating innocence." - Dagoth Ur