The US empire's proxy war in Ukraine has had many jaw-dropping instances of imperialist sociopathy, propagandistic audacity and brazen journalistic malpractice that we've discussed in this space many times, but one of the most cringeworthy and degrading aspects of the globe-spanning narrative control campaign surrounding this war has been the way the nation's president Volodymyr Zelensky has been turned into an ever-present corporate mascot for the most aggressive ad campaign ever devised. The way the most powerful institutions in the western world have been throwing their puppet in everyone's face to sell the empire's proxy warfare puts Ronald McDonald to shame.
Wow Penn and Stiller are clueless Hollyweird wankers who either know zilch about sordid Ukrainian / NATO / Nazi history or are propagandist shills of the worst stripe. Stick to making movies, you “ambassadors” of delusion.
Any time there is such a concerted, 24/7, no-holds-barred, no-dissent-permitted effort to sell us anything, especially something that has no impact on us or our lives, and that most people, frankly, are not that interested in, then it becomes a duty to look behind the curtain and ask why the relentless propaganda blitz?
Whoever is running this cartoon war (and it ain't GI JOE or combat Zelensky) must be incredibly powerful! The organization and coordination, marketing and advertising involved to sell this marvel comic t-shirt character is uniquely huge! I find it all terrifying, disgusting and breathetakingly brilliant - the worst nightmare I've ever had!
The blackmail he has on the Biden’s made him a billionaire. He’ll be snorting coke in his Miami mansion later this year after turning his people into cannon fodder.
Nothing shows the unfortunate effectiveness of a relentless, unwavering diet of propaganda and narrative control than what has been dished out by media and the national security state in the US and its lackey West. It's an awesome display, one in which I still struggle to understand how so many people do not see through it.
Great collection thanks. Zelensky and friends have likely outdone the cast and screenplay of Glass Onion. Maybe there will be a sequel with a Zelensky clone. Begs to be written. Impossible to make this stuff up.
At the start of the war with all its early signs of Zelensky worship, I wrote this as a reminder to myself (should anyone of my friends want to know my opinion) how I summarized the man. Indeed, it has become completely cringeworthy. It only remains to be seen how his inevitable demise will come about--living in luxury in exile or assassinated. Anyway, here were my early thoughts.
This hero worship of Zelensky only sickens me more everyday. An heroic statesman would have gotten the troops killing in the Donbas out of the region (standing up to the Uka-Nazis, yielded to the reality that Crimea is now reunited with Russia, declared neutrality, and most important of all, thrown out any and all American “advisors” and refused any military aid. That he did none these and instead played (and continues to play) a loosing game of Russian roulette with a fully loaded pistol (and one hell of a pistol it is with its unlimited bullets and bombs) against his own people is as despicable as it gets. It may be true that only 10% of their military troops are actual Nazis, but the influence they have had on Zelensky and the push towards antagonizing Russia can't be ignored in any true accounting.
A Michelin 4 star (beyond worth a journey) main course for the propagandarati (aka propaganda junkies). Caitlin, you distill the BS into a compact neat emetic 🤢.
Anyone’s BS detector should be smokingly short-circuited.
This is very reminiscent of the full court PR jamboree when the US forcibly inserted ( without anesthetic) the dreaded Shah and Farrah Diba into all American orifices.
No country would take him when he was dying of cancer except for his good buddies, the US. All it took was a donation of $50 million stolen from the Iranian people to the medical Center treating him in NYC. Zelensky take note.
I shared this with this preface. Feel free to use it
"Goebbels in the age of celebrity
A handy reference guide on current accepted best practices to manipulate an ignorant of history and context, deprived of critical thinking education population, into acting in their own worst interests.
Or you can use it to embarrass someone who still doesn't get, it's all about the Benjamins. Or Blackrocks."
I did not however, share it with well-off Dem brunchers. That Upton Sinclair "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary (portfolio, 401k, entire privleged life, etc.) depends on his not understanding it."
Wow Penn and Stiller are clueless Hollyweird wankers who either know zilch about sordid Ukrainian / NATO / Nazi history or are propagandist shills of the worst stripe. Stick to making movies, you “ambassadors” of delusion.
Any time there is such a concerted, 24/7, no-holds-barred, no-dissent-permitted effort to sell us anything, especially something that has no impact on us or our lives, and that most people, frankly, are not that interested in, then it becomes a duty to look behind the curtain and ask why the relentless propaganda blitz?
Whoever is running this cartoon war (and it ain't GI JOE or combat Zelensky) must be incredibly powerful! The organization and coordination, marketing and advertising involved to sell this marvel comic t-shirt character is uniquely huge! I find it all terrifying, disgusting and breathetakingly brilliant - the worst nightmare I've ever had!
The blackmail he has on the Biden’s made him a billionaire. He’ll be snorting coke in his Miami mansion later this year after turning his people into cannon fodder.
The fact that workers rights in Ukraine have been eliminated makes the country Fascist.
"Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism. It is, after all, a merger between corporations and the government."
- Benito Moussolini -
There were 12 political parties in Ukraine. Now there is one. The leaders in the 11 now illegal parties are in jail.
Several TV stations, radio stations and newspapers that were critical of Zelensky. They are now shut down, and their administrations are in jail.
All this makes Volodimyr Zelensky a Fascist dictator, and it speaks volumes of anyone voting for the erection of a bust in that scumbag's honor.
So cringeworthy, I wish Substack would give us the choice of a cringe face instead of just a heart for likes!
Thank you -- among your most detailed efforts. It will shame US for geenerations
Nothing shows the unfortunate effectiveness of a relentless, unwavering diet of propaganda and narrative control than what has been dished out by media and the national security state in the US and its lackey West. It's an awesome display, one in which I still struggle to understand how so many people do not see through it.
Great collection thanks. Zelensky and friends have likely outdone the cast and screenplay of Glass Onion. Maybe there will be a sequel with a Zelensky clone. Begs to be written. Impossible to make this stuff up.
At the start of the war with all its early signs of Zelensky worship, I wrote this as a reminder to myself (should anyone of my friends want to know my opinion) how I summarized the man. Indeed, it has become completely cringeworthy. It only remains to be seen how his inevitable demise will come about--living in luxury in exile or assassinated. Anyway, here were my early thoughts.
This hero worship of Zelensky only sickens me more everyday. An heroic statesman would have gotten the troops killing in the Donbas out of the region (standing up to the Uka-Nazis, yielded to the reality that Crimea is now reunited with Russia, declared neutrality, and most important of all, thrown out any and all American “advisors” and refused any military aid. That he did none these and instead played (and continues to play) a loosing game of Russian roulette with a fully loaded pistol (and one hell of a pistol it is with its unlimited bullets and bombs) against his own people is as despicable as it gets. It may be true that only 10% of their military troops are actual Nazis, but the influence they have had on Zelensky and the push towards antagonizing Russia can't be ignored in any true accounting.
A Michelin 4 star (beyond worth a journey) main course for the propagandarati (aka propaganda junkies). Caitlin, you distill the BS into a compact neat emetic 🤢.
Anyone’s BS detector should be smokingly short-circuited.
This is very reminiscent of the full court PR jamboree when the US forcibly inserted ( without anesthetic) the dreaded Shah and Farrah Diba into all American orifices.
No country would take him when he was dying of cancer except for his good buddies, the US. All it took was a donation of $50 million stolen from the Iranian people to the medical Center treating him in NYC. Zelensky take note.
I shared this with this preface. Feel free to use it
"Goebbels in the age of celebrity
A handy reference guide on current accepted best practices to manipulate an ignorant of history and context, deprived of critical thinking education population, into acting in their own worst interests.
Or you can use it to embarrass someone who still doesn't get, it's all about the Benjamins. Or Blackrocks."
I did not however, share it with well-off Dem brunchers. That Upton Sinclair "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary (portfolio, 401k, entire privleged life, etc.) depends on his not understanding it."
why is there no Saturday morning cartoon show? Oh wait, thats on Sundays.
Hero Worship. Americans are psy-op'd from birth to hero worship whomever their Elite masters need them to worship. And ignore all the rest.
Nauseating propaganda
I have been let down by more people than I ever thought possible these last few years. What a fantastically depressing and cringeworthy compilation! 😑