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An important piece of manufacturing consent is the way mainstream media narrows the scope of acceptable discourse. Outside their boundaries is considered so extreme as to be unthinkable. No one in their right mind could hold a truly opposing view - if what the media were saying were true. Of course, it isn't true. So much of it as manipulative trash.

Imagine if the Mexican government were overthrown with the help of Russia, their newly installed leaders deciding to ally with Russia, allowing Russian military bases and missile silos to line our southern border. What do you think would happen? Right or wrong doesn't even enter into it. The US would raze Mexico to the ground.

No matter how horrific the events in Ukraine become, the blame for it lies squarely on the US and NATO. There are countless articles and comments by top officials going back decades, stating that imperial expansion into Ukraine would start a war with Russia. The more the world pours weapons into Ukraine, the worse it will get, but they don't seem to care. As one tweeter put it, "The US wants a proxy war with Russia, and we'll kill every Ukrainian in the country to get it if we have to."

US gov’t knew NATO expansion to Ukraine would force Russia to intervene

This is Azov Battalion's symbol rotated -45 degrees, and flipped horizontally. I mean, come on. This isn't even subtle. These aren't just racist Trump supporters, and we're giving them billions in cutting edge weapons and military equipment. It's incredible that western corporate media is trying to claim that Ukraine's Nazi problem is just Russian propaganda. Whitewashing Nazis because you hate Russia is absolutely disgusting.

How Ukraine’s Jewish president Zelensky made peace with neo-Nazi paramilitaries on front lines of war with Russia

This started in 2014, and people are so propagandized, they have no idea. Even if they're aware of the revolution, they're often unaware that it was a far right coup (gee, where'd all the Nazis come from) that did not have majority support. It wouldn't have succeeded, had it not been bolstered by the Obama administration. This had lead to eight years of bloody conflict, taking the lives of 14,000 Ukrainians, predominantly of Russian heritage, half of them being civilians.

A US-Backed, Far Right–Led Revolution in Ukraine Helped Bring Us to the Brink of War

The notion that Ukraine has been a peaceful democratic country until Putin came along is a huge lie. Putin is trying to end the conflict we've caused. The west is intent on prolonging it.