TOP IPSOs of the week (02/24 - 02/03/2025): “A lie has time to travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its pants...”
Articles | | 687 | Author: Olena Zelenina, Oleksandr Sydorenko (cartoon)
Donkey skin. Cartoon by Oleksandr Sydorenko.
If the aggressor suffers heavy losses on the battlefield and it becomes increasingly clear to him that he cannot win in the foreseeable future, then along with cannon fodder, missiles and bombs, the most insidious weapon is launched: information and psychological special operations. Lies, and even worse - half-truths, corrode your brain, manipulations control your feelings...
The word “PEACE” remains a win-win in terms of influencing our thoughts and feelings, because for ordinary people around the world it means LIFE.
And the one who most often pronounces it and declares “only I can stop the war” receives the largest number of “likes” and votes in elections.
But, mind you, such people hardly ever talk about how they will stop the war...
And even if they do, it's more like building towering castles, with no idea who is right and who is wrong, who is pursuing what goals in this war.
Your columnist, thinking about this, suggested that for populists, trumpeting peace is more important than peace itself. After all, if peace comes, it's a shame, but they will have nothing else to attract the attention of voters...
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