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3 sats \ 4 replies \ @jbschirtzinger 16h \ on: Have You Ever Wondered What the Other Side of the Cold War Felt Like? AskSN
Not really, no. Soviet propaganda was and still is an ongoing thing. Any story that makes it to the surface is more likely to be spin than truth.
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10 sats \ 3 replies \ @kepford OP 16h
Yeah, pretty sure all governments have and are still using prop. That's a given to me.
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43 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 15h
I've had people from one of those countries behind the curtain of old call me whenever there is a natural disaster checking if I'm safe. Because there the number of evacuees are reported as deaths.
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105 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford OP 15h
That's wild. When I used to attend tech conferences back in the day I would enjoy hanging with people from other countries and how they were sceptical of US news. I always found it refreshing.
And every person I know from a formerly Soviet controlled country has a strong skepticism of government.
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7 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 14h
Most people I know from anywhere are skeptical, unless they've freshly received promises or have been completely eclipsed with propaganda.
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