How Russia Controls the Narrative and Manipulates You

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  • čas přidán 1. 06. 2024
  • 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
    @Kevin_Street Před 14 dny +381

    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.

    • @r_dva3301
      @r_dva3301 Před 14 dny +16

      Thanks for your opinion, I'm glad people understand this. Repetitive patterns are also present in other aspects. For example, people were deported and then the territories were populated by other peoples to mix and convert everyone into russians. This was done by the Russian Empire, and under the USSR, the same thing is happening today. Centuries pass, regimes change, but the behavior is the same, as if the enemy of humanity only changes masks

    • @garretthayes9392
      @garretthayes9392 Před 14 dny +1

      Walt until you find out pattern recognition disparities amongst the individuals when it comes to identifying deep fakes..

    • @stevenschwartz-vf2lg
      @stevenschwartz-vf2lg Před 14 dny +6

      Imagine no more. Just look at the network media and the show trials that are ongoing here . Right out of Putin's playbook of imprisoning your enemy and having them have a fatal "accident" while in prison.

    • @joash480
      @joash480 Před 14 dny +7

      and america isn't doing this? hypocrisy

    • @mikenewman4078
      @mikenewman4078 Před 14 dny +4

      Absolutely correct. The Yanks kicked themselves out of Vietnam due to Russian infiltration.
      Full throated rearmament along with total support for Ukraine, Georgia Chechnya and other oppressed nations is the most likely method of levelling the playing field.
      Reagan revisited.

  • @shiftymcgee9359
    @shiftymcgee9359 Před 14 dny +215

    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.

    • @mercenarygundam1487
      @mercenarygundam1487 Před 14 dny +18

      People nowadays prefered honeyed lies over bitter truths.

    • @georgewashingtom6516
      @georgewashingtom6516 Před 14 dny

      @@mercenarygundam1487 Yeah like for example all those people who believe men are women

    • @rhmotes
      @rhmotes Před 14 dny +13

      "These people"
      You are not immune to propaganda

    • @alrogers9014
      @alrogers9014 Před 14 dny

      Yeah, it is terrifying...I am mean they voted in Biden...Joe Biden...

    • @mercenarygundam1487
      @mercenarygundam1487 Před 14 dny +5

      @rhmotes Neither of us are. The lives we live and multiple factors effect our perception.

  • @jasonmuse1866
    @jasonmuse1866 Před 12 dny +11

    There is deep irony in you thinking Russia does disinformation best. The USs disinformation makes Russia look like amateurs. Grats, you fell for it.

    • @raa4975
      @raa4975 Před 9 dny +1

      Russia is so dishonest they don't even call what's a happening in ukraine a war they call it a "sPeCiAl miLiTaRy oPpERaTiOn" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Byzantine-Revolt
    @Byzantine-Revolt Před 14 dny +260

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

    • @Willy_Tepes
      @Willy_Tepes Před 14 dny +8

      He was talking about the enemy, you know.
      This is not something you say about yourself, lol.

    • @douglasbillington8521
      @douglasbillington8521 Před 14 dny

      Bigly lies! I like the uneducated.
      -Heir Drumpf

    • @bigdopamine9343
      @bigdopamine9343 Před 14 dny +43

      @@Willy_Tepesuhh no he was talking about the propaganda he was producing as the head of propaganda for the Nazis.

    • @Byzantine-Revolt
      @Byzantine-Revolt Před 14 dny +7

      @@Willy_Tepes I know, he was referring to a specific group of people who use the big lie as means of propaganda.

    • @mr.z3664
      @mr.z3664 Před 14 dny

      Yep. And the US picked up right where Goebbels left off. Unless of course you actually believe US media.

  • @clayongunzelle9555
    @clayongunzelle9555 Před 14 dny +150

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

    • @RNAxRibose
      @RNAxRibose Před 14 dny +8

      Yeah... Stuck between Astrographics and Places. He is everywhere lol. I like it.

    • @dj-jn7qs
      @dj-jn7qs Před 14 dny +6

      In my experience, Simon's channels have been the one place on CZcams that has an A+ rating with my random sample fact checking. Excellent job Simon!

    • @RNAxRibose
      @RNAxRibose Před 14 dny +4

      @@dj-jn7qs yes it is. Just looking at vids which i know lots of (lets say broadly geographical, biology topics as im biology grad student) he never got something very wrong. Not educated about to verify his history politics vids, but i random fact checked some, no issue. but yeah, hes very consistent in quality and veracity. He also uses ai very sparingly, when needed which i like. Too many people nowadays use ai voices or pics it sucks even when the script is really good. Im impressed.
      Places might by favorite, warographics & into the shadows close second. I think he is consistently my top 5 youtuber.

    • @davep7589
      @davep7589 Před 14 dny +1

      ​@@RNAxRibose excellence is a very English trait

    • @fluffyminecraftpigs
      @fluffyminecraftpigs Před 13 dny +2

      @@dj-jn7qs im not so sure about that... im not going back to watch 10+ 30 min videos just to bring you examples, but there is always a string of misinformation in most of the Russia Ukraine videos. the big stuff is mostly always correct, but to say he doesnt get things wrong or he doesnt try to manipulate his viewers is nonsense

  • @Mystictiki
    @Mystictiki Před 14 dny +48

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

    • @hsoj9550
      @hsoj9550 Před 14 dny +5

      10/10 recommend people watch those. He wrote a book describing them too (under an assumed name).

    • @peripheralparadox4218
      @peripheralparadox4218 Před 14 dny +3

      Yeah I’m surprised he didn’t mention him.

    • @kevinfogle7929
      @kevinfogle7929 Před 13 dny +2

      ​@peripheralparadox4218
      It would bring up how the kgb subverted a number of American institutions. Education primarily.

    • @peripheralparadox4218
      @peripheralparadox4218 Před 13 dny +1

      @@kevinfogle7929 that’s what I mean. Too controversial for this channel?

  • @rileylong5250
    @rileylong5250 Před 14 dny +78

    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

    • @Jesus_Zendejas
      @Jesus_Zendejas Před 14 dny

      Or you know the title will tell you too

    • @rufustortugas4592
      @rufustortugas4592 Před 14 dny

      How do you know what you know? 🙂

    • @agentjohnson3973
      @agentjohnson3973 Před 11 dny

      ​@@rufustortugas4592 because the TV told me duh the news man would never lie to me.

  • @AncientIrishCelt
    @AncientIrishCelt Před 14 dny +100

    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

    • @arcturionblade1077
      @arcturionblade1077 Před 14 dny +19

      Anyone have any nucrear raunch codes?

    • @hypnomarket8649
      @hypnomarket8649 Před 14 dny +5

      Yes ,Comrade . John is Iovan , Иваn Kuzneтsov

    • @mr.z3664
      @mr.z3664 Před 14 dny +3

      Meh... he's definitely pretending that the US doesn't do the exact same thing. So that basically puts him in the "somewhat true" category, which isn't good.

    • @tom.m
      @tom.m Před 14 dny +9

      @@mr.z3664 Did you watch the whole video?

    • @infiniteloopcounter9444
      @infiniteloopcounter9444 Před 14 dny +1

      @@arcturionblade1077 I think eight zeros. However, it might have been shortened and simplified for the current guy in office.

  • @WolfhasaWASR
    @WolfhasaWASR Před 14 dny +148

    The cure: stop using social media, be kind to your neighbors, listen more than you speak, and read good books.

    • @alleskoco5174
      @alleskoco5174 Před 14 dny +4

      big facts!

    • @desertmammoth3159
      @desertmammoth3159 Před 14 dny +11

      Lol yeah no one's going to be doing that. The rot is too deep.

    • @nathanhough8156
      @nathanhough8156 Před 14 dny

      The main stream media and middle media and alternative media all for for this stuff
      I mean the entire campaign agaist the f35 was Litterly all Russian disinformation

    • @SteveInLava
      @SteveInLava Před 14 dny +1

      That'll be hard sell unfortunately

    • @SteveInLava
      @SteveInLava Před 14 dny +3

      ​@@desertmammoth3159Like you said, we are too entrenched

  • @treelobster6137
    @treelobster6137 Před 14 dny +145

    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!

    • @tenanaciouz
      @tenanaciouz Před 14 dny +9

      "LOOK MOMMY IM SO SMART I SAID THE THING."

    • @yendevus1747
      @yendevus1747 Před 14 dny +12

      This video is about American conservatives

    • @B.D.E.
      @B.D.E. Před 14 dny

      ​@@yendevus1747 The biggest state sanctioned producers of mass global online disinformation are: China and Russia. Then you have major non state sources of disinformation, like the fossil fuel industry, which is a major influence in the US and other countries, and is supported by the Republican party, so you're right in a sense, but not entirely state sanctioned, and more of a threat from private industry when it comes to disinformation from western based sources.

    • @douglasbillington8521
      @douglasbillington8521 Před 14 dny +13

      ​@@yendevus1747u r not wrong. Sadly

    • @SafetySpooon
      @SafetySpooon Před 14 dny

      @@yendevus1747 You ought to know that it's also about today's leftwingers believing everything the Soviets & Arafat made up about "Palestine", in order to defeat Israel.

  • @bigsilverorb3492
    @bigsilverorb3492 Před 14 dny +25

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

  • @joelockard7174
    @joelockard7174 Před 12 dny +5

    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.

  • @MichaelLesterClockwork
    @MichaelLesterClockwork Před 14 dny +6

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

  • @thorakvideos2495
    @thorakvideos2495 Před 14 dny +74

    This shit is actually fucking scary.

    • @mr.z3664
      @mr.z3664 Před 14 dny

      More scary than the daily US propaganda that you consume without question?

    • @Ophelia-oz8gi
      @Ophelia-oz8gi Před 14 dny +3

      Yea ww2 took years to start from little wars like what is going on right now 😅

    • @AuntieMamies
      @AuntieMamies Před 14 dny +12

      It's scary how effective it is. Especially with social media people are just inundated with bad information

    • @rickbaker8021
      @rickbaker8021 Před 14 dny

      It's scary how you guys have no clue about the United States spying on you and manipulating you.

    • @brandanpalmer9712
      @brandanpalmer9712 Před 14 dny +7

      Though I don’t disagree, our own media is no less guilty of this, and has no less nefarious intentions.

  • @mercenarygundam1487
    @mercenarygundam1487 Před 14 dny +154

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

    • @mr.z3664
      @mr.z3664 Před 14 dny +12

      CIA and operation mocking bird has been doing it since the 60's.

    • @davidjones6389
      @davidjones6389 Před 14 dny +1

      In the original STAR TREK, Chekov was often the but of many of his soviet era views.

    • @jacktaylor0465
      @jacktaylor0465 Před 14 dny

      Ah yes Russians control the MSM,MSM owners all wear Ushankas and touch Lenin's tomb,they also pass bills overwhelming in support of silencing antirussian speech lol

    • @archstanton6102
      @archstanton6102 Před 14 dny +1

      ​@@mr.z3664 Are they the only ones?

    • @Cloud30000
      @Cloud30000 Před 14 dny +4

      You cannot kill the messiah.

  • @lynameep223
    @lynameep223 Před 14 dny +49

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

    • @dalehinds
      @dalehinds Před 14 dny +14

      How are you so sure it's not the reverse? What is the reference point by which you can confirm this?

    • @joetrump2983
      @joetrump2983 Před 14 dny +20

      And he isn't spreading propaganda here?

    • @monkeynator1000
      @monkeynator1000 Před 14 dny +2

      Proof or are you full of it

    • @GothPaoki
      @GothPaoki Před 14 dny +20

      Literally half his content is Russia is bad because it sells currently. I love his channels but my dude is clearly a businessman. I don't take it seriously but then again I'm not taking his word for it

    • @monkeynator1000
      @monkeynator1000 Před 14 dny +2

      @@GothPaoki the world need more like you

  • @garyfrombrooklyn
    @garyfrombrooklyn Před 14 dny +20

    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.

  • @BrendanSmith-cw4dn
    @BrendanSmith-cw4dn Před 14 dny +7

    excellent video, simon

  • @xjunkxyrdxdog89
    @xjunkxyrdxdog89 Před 14 dny +91

    The trolls are gonna go nuts on this one.

    • @Willy_Tepes
      @Willy_Tepes Před 14 dny +31

      Oh, you mean people with different opinions?

    • @xjunkxyrdxdog89
      @xjunkxyrdxdog89 Před 14 dny +54

      ​@Willy_Tepes sure bud.

    • @anthonymanderson7671
      @anthonymanderson7671 Před 14 dny +43

      They go bersek whenever russia is criticised for its bad altitude and make excuses by saying the west has done things to satisfy their ego.

    • @mrbad3036
      @mrbad3036 Před 14 dny +14

      @@Willy_Tepes Well these people are either trolls or psychopaths. Either way not great.

    • @Willy_Tepes
      @Willy_Tepes Před 14 dny

      @@anthonymanderson7671 I have no reason to support Russia at all, but I have no reason to support NATO either.
      I'll gladly fight them both if necessary. My country will not be their playground!

  • @tudord5289
    @tudord5289 Před 11 dny +7

    Do next: How NATO/US controlls the narrative and manipulates you

  • @arthurarthur6083
    @arthurarthur6083 Před 14 dny +6

    Great video!

  • @lucasokeefe7935
    @lucasokeefe7935 Před 14 dny +24

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

    • @poppyrider5541
      @poppyrider5541 Před 13 dny +2

      Nope. The internet is the one place the plebs can speak to the world. This has it's downsides, yes. But calling for curtailing this coz some people believe nonsense is more dangerous than ppl believing in nonsense. The governments love what you are saying.

    • @lucasokeefe7935
      @lucasokeefe7935 Před 13 dny +2

      @@poppyrider5541 Read my comment again and point out where I advocated for the limitation of free speech

    • @prestonjones1653
      @prestonjones1653 Před 13 dny

      ​@@poppyrider5541
      "Wah wah wah, Communism is when the government doesn't sit on its ass and use my money to kill people on the other side of the planet, wah wah wah."

    • @ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem
      @ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem Před 13 dny

      ​@@lucasokeefe7935 While I'm definitely on Ukraine's side here, you are definitely advocating for limiting freedom of speech. Downplaying something is a choice of free speech.

    • @lucasokeefe7935
      @lucasokeefe7935 Před 12 dny

      ​@@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences. US citizens shouting "Death to America" on a US college campus, surrounded by people who support the notion (however misguided and uninformed that opinion might be) is protected speech because they are merely stating their opinion. They will probably suffer consequences at the hands of their peers in the form of jokes or alienation, but there is nothing in the Constitution preventing them from stating that opinion.
      Foreign agents actively trying to coerce and gaslight millions of people through election interference and propaganda campaigns on behalf of a dictatorship half way around the world is, rightfully, not protected speech and should be rooted out with extreme prejudice.
      Think of that like having some random Russian be counted in an election here just because they bothered to mail their own ballot from Moscow.. Shouldn't happen.

  • @thedarkknight1971
    @thedarkknight1971 Před 13 dny +6

    Simon - "No nation does it better than the Russian Federation..."
    China - "See? We do it so well, you don't even see what we're doing..." 😏
    😎🇬🇧

  • @chance_in_the_chat
    @chance_in_the_chat Před 14 dny +53

    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.

    • @PrimericanIdol
      @PrimericanIdol Před 14 dny +7

      There's a reason they want to make it illegal to criticize 🇮🇱...

    • @Cloud30000
      @Cloud30000 Před 14 dny

      Like aliens, the true puppet masters. Wake up sheeple!

    • @jooleebilly
      @jooleebilly Před 14 dny +1

      @@PrimericanIdol You mean Trump. He wants to make it illegal to criticize him. During BLM, they were (trying) to put in place automatic 10-20 year sentences for "illegal" gathering. And in some states, it's legal to run into protesters with your car. Protesters, meaning 5 or more people. And Hamas (specifically Sinwar) has done a great job of spreading misinformation while he sacrifices his own civilians and somehow comes off like a "liberator." Palestinians are f'd inside and out. Hamas won't let them shelter in their tunnels, they take the food and fuel, and hike the prices 3x when they feel like releasing some and keep any resources for themselves. There hasn't been an election in Gaza since 2006. Lots of people have been slandered, arrested, tortured, and murdered by the regime.
      Sinwar and Netanyahu have to go! Their co-dependent efforts to destroy the other - for their own gain - serves only themselves. Not civilians. But the fact that he can convince the West that Jews are the enemy (which the Right says all the time, until they want to get rid of Palestinian supporters) says that white supremacists and Putin/Iran/Sinwar are running the propaganda show.
      After October 7 (Putin's birthday) he had no regard for Russian hostages. He made a point of saying it just showed how weak the US and Israel are. And Russia and Iran are besties. Makes you wonder. I mean, if you do enough reading about it and get past the shouting and easy-to-remember slogans.

    • @jooleebilly
      @jooleebilly Před 14 dny

      Some of those who work Forces are the same that burn crosses.

    • @zacharyseay3089
      @zacharyseay3089 Před 14 dny +10

      Kinda like how the media and government here in Amerika treat Trump

  • @mitchellbailey7030
    @mitchellbailey7030 Před 14 dny +13

    Great episode

  • @nrsrymj
    @nrsrymj Před 14 dny +28

    Lol@everyone saying the West does it too as if the video was actually claiming otherwise.

    • @JuniorSmith-zw7pd
      @JuniorSmith-zw7pd Před 14 dny +14

      Then why this guy never make a video about US doing it 😂 he's a propagandist and he think we can't see him he's pathetic 😂

    • @monkeynator1000
      @monkeynator1000 Před 14 dny +5

      The lack of acknowledgment is the same as saying that they don’t do it

    • @darksniper1n
      @darksniper1n Před 14 dny +5

      @@JuniorSmith-zw7pd ah yes, a human(totally not a bot) totally included zw7pd in their name lol

    • @Cam12369
      @Cam12369 Před 13 dny +2

      This guy just layed out his whole script for his own strategy in the political information space and expects us not to see the blatant bias

    • @monkeynator1000
      @monkeynator1000 Před 13 dny +6

      @@darksniper1n what makes you any less of a bot? You are only saying he is a bot because his opinion conflicts with the propaganda you have been fed you’re entire life. Learn critical thinking

  • @indiegamesforthewin5685
    @indiegamesforthewin5685 Před 13 dny +4

    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

  • @InfestationPony
    @InfestationPony Před 14 dny +5

    Now watch they manipulate youtube AI to make this video the least watched among the channel.

    • @Cam12369
      @Cam12369 Před 13 dny

      If you think Russia is the one restricting toy from information in the west then your blinded by your own government

  • @rsobe
    @rsobe Před 14 dny +5

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

  • @Kneedragon1962
    @Kneedragon1962 Před 14 dny +3

    Here here ~ Well said.

  • @marktinsley1477
    @marktinsley1477 Před 13 dny

    One of my favorite CZcams channels keep up the amazing work and thank you.

  • @bogbupog
    @bogbupog Před 13 dny

    Excellent video

  • @brandanpalmer9712
    @brandanpalmer9712 Před 14 dny +46

    I don’t doubt Russia’s proficiency in this area, however I MUST point out that OUR OWN media is JUST as bad, and their intentions are no less nefarious.

    • @monkeynator1000
      @monkeynator1000 Před 14 dny

      More so they want to fund Israel at the American peoples expense

    • @mamba101
      @mamba101 Před 14 dny

      That’s amusing, considering the growing distrust of western media is in no small part a result of Russian misinformation campaigns.

    • @oniregl1753
      @oniregl1753 Před 14 dny

      It’s not nearly as bad and it’s also part of Russias disinformation campaign. You can argue that all media is biased and thus manipulating but Russian media is within a parallel universe. Mainstream western media portrays events differently depending on the source but Russian media straight up manufactures and invents events.

    • @Greg29
      @Greg29 Před 14 dny +8

      Vehemently disagree

    • @monkeynator1000
      @monkeynator1000 Před 14 dny +10

      @@Greg29 I disagree about you disagreeing

  • @cliomuse1206
    @cliomuse1206 Před 14 dny +2

    . "Foreign politicians talk about Russia's interference in elections and referendums around the world. In fact, the matter is even more serious: Russia interferes in your brains, we change your conscience, and there is nothing you can do about it." - Vladislav Surkov, an adviser to Vladimir Putin

  • @spacemansquid
    @spacemansquid Před 14 dny +14

    “No one does it better than the Russian federation”
    The US might have something to say about that.

  • @whiteshark450
    @whiteshark450 Před 14 dny +3

    I remember cracking up in political science when the teacher was giving us a class on russia about troll farms. 😂

    • @monkeynator1000
      @monkeynator1000 Před 14 dny

      US trolls do it for free because they are simpletons. Atleast Russia pays and trains people to do it

  • @CyborgForgael
    @CyborgForgael Před 14 dny +42

    Gather around! Warographics is going to tell us about propaganda!

    • @monkeynator1000
      @monkeynator1000 Před 14 dny +30

      Propagandist telling us about propaganda

    • @Meteyard97
      @Meteyard97 Před 14 dny +1

      Hahah Ruskies hooked easy😂 log off Ivan, you’ve earned your rubles today

    • @hellofrens6399
      @hellofrens6399 Před 14 dny +6

      Make sure to watch and comment. Simon doesn’t read your comments and he gets your engagement money for more scripts. Cheers, fellow NPCs!

    • @only_fair23
      @only_fair23 Před 14 dny +3

      Definitely no propaganda here

    • @monkeynator1000
      @monkeynator1000 Před 14 dny +3

      @@hellofrens6399 NPC saying NPC things

  • @jellyman888
    @jellyman888 Před 13 dny +2

    Would love to see a video on the implications of Raisi's death

  • @elsol1176
    @elsol1176 Před 13 dny +5

    What is an illegal war lol?

    • @RandomNooby
      @RandomNooby Před 10 dny +1

      Laws do not need to be fair or just or something you agree with, they just require overwhelming force to exist. Any war that goes against the wishes of the most powerful military on Earth would probably be illegal, in exactly the same way laws work in day to day life - they only exist if a power exists to exert them. In this multipolar world there is indeed no such thing as illegal war unless all 3 ruling power agree on it.

    • @elsol1176
      @elsol1176 Před 10 dny +1

      @@RandomNooby perfectly answered

  • @ImRanger
    @ImRanger Před 7 dny +8

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

  • @juliatarrel1674
    @juliatarrel1674 Před 13 dny +2

    Nothing is as dangerous as an idea.

  • @London-Lad
    @London-Lad Před 13 dny +4

    Western intelligence augment our reality. It is subtle. I'm speaking as an insider.

  • @manwiththeredface7821
    @manwiththeredface7821 Před 14 dny +47

    In war, the truth is the first victim. Always. On both sides. They're already killing each other, what is a lie compared to that? Just remember that, whoever you root for.

    • @it.snowig
      @it.snowig Před 14 dny +7

      Tldr: Don’t vote for Trump

    • @xjunkxyrdxdog89
      @xjunkxyrdxdog89 Před 14 dny +15

      "Both sides" ignores that one side is an aggressor who could simply go home.

    • @mr.z3664
      @mr.z3664 Před 14 dny +6

      @@it.snowig well if my choice is Trump or the current walking corpse that no one respects, that is exactly what I will do.

    • @richay1
      @richay1 Před 14 dny +7

      @@mr.z3664 Have you heard trump lately lol

    • @davidjones6389
      @davidjones6389 Před 14 dny

      In the original STAR TREK, Chekov was often the but of many of his soviet era views.

  • @Sufferingzify
    @Sufferingzify Před 14 dny +3

    If you dont think your being fed propaganda and misinformation, then you are the target audience.

  • @bergstrom716
    @bergstrom716 Před 12 dny +2

    Had me worried their good think I dont speak or understand Russian....

  • @richbattaglia5350
    @richbattaglia5350 Před 12 dny +1

    “Use the weapons of your enemy.”
    How fragile that regime must be to delegitimize the society of others. It would seem that same tactic may go a long way in the same country.

  • @grandlotus1
    @grandlotus1 Před 14 dny +8

    Simon, you speak the truth with courage and eloquence. Bravo!

  • @devilllike
    @devilllike Před 14 dny +5

    the west does the exact same thing :D

  • @renagadeomega
    @renagadeomega Před 3 dny

    I remember a game fly commercial. There was a quote I like to use sometimes. "Don't believe everything you hear or see on the internet. Remember, that's how World War One started." To this day, I still find it amusing.

  • @warrenreid6109
    @warrenreid6109 Před 14 dny

    The true power that misinformation has over our lives is chilling. So was your closing comment. You bookended this video very well.

  • @tommygunz4488
    @tommygunz4488 Před 13 dny +7

    Is Simon calling for censorship??? Nahhh, couldn't be. He wouldn't do that, right? RIGHT!?!?

  • @bigsilverorb3492
    @bigsilverorb3492 Před 14 dny +43

    Simon, go full-time "Russia exposed" for six months and you just might save the world.

    • @SolyomSzava
      @SolyomSzava Před 13 dny +5

      Or fall out a window accidentally...

  • @seancota407
    @seancota407 Před 12 dny

    Thanks!

  • @fannymcflanagan2732
    @fannymcflanagan2732 Před 13 dny

    Important stuff!

  • @a3vus
    @a3vus Před 14 dny +3

    Hi Simon! My question is, does every "superpower" country engage in this? Russia's engagement in this seems exceptional in some way, perhaps in severity, but how do other countries like China, US, and UK engage? Is it tit for tat? Is this just a new form of warfare?

  • @RNAxRibose
    @RNAxRibose Před 14 dny +12

    Nice! I wish a 1hour special about Russian propaganda and Information warfare. As someone from the EU, this vid hits home.

    • @ariesiv2790
      @ariesiv2790 Před 14 dny +1

      Yeah you guys are getting it the worse imo

    • @agentjohnson3973
      @agentjohnson3973 Před 11 dny

      Why not about western propaganda? The west is no better than Russia when it comes to spreading lies half truths and misinformation.

  • @eskandare1968
    @eskandare1968 Před 9 dny +1

    ...But in mother Russia, information manipulates you!

  • @ofirmanor1644
    @ofirmanor1644 Před 14 dny +2

    Hello Warographics, do you have any sources on ideas on how to combat these misinformation campaigns. I am interested in understanding how Western Nations with liberal and democratic ideals can fight it. Thank you

  • @AloisAgos
    @AloisAgos Před 14 dny +18

    Anyone else scrolling through the comments here trying to find Russian bots and trolls?

    • @chriscassel6621
      @chriscassel6621 Před 14 dny +7

      I'm scrolling through the comments to laugh at people like you. 😂

    • @Cam12369
      @Cam12369 Před 13 dny +8

      Calling someone a bot or troll when they are just arguing the other side is one of the many tools of a propagandist. You are part of the problem

    • @Cam12369
      @Cam12369 Před 13 dny +1

      @@chriscassel6621it’s hilarious how people who claim there’s such thing as Russian bots and trolls is a comment a western bot/troll would make

    • @HillaKarpalo
      @HillaKarpalo Před 13 dny

      @@chriscassel6621 found it!!

    • @retsaMinnavoiG
      @retsaMinnavoiG Před 13 dny +1

      @@Cam12369 except they absolutely exist and are insidious.

  • @spointz8936
    @spointz8936 Před 14 dny +3

    Interesting watch. Should also do a video about Israel's information warfare/propaganda in America and Western Europe. They are far more proficient at it than the Russians imo, and there's historically been little to no pusback against it. At least most of society r3cognizes Russian information warfare as such.

  • @vetinaris1297
    @vetinaris1297 Před 13 dny +2

    Hope this one goes viral

  • @Omni0404
    @Omni0404 Před 14 dny +1

    Simon is so credible. I hope he never loses our trust.

  • @H4iryP0ppins
    @H4iryP0ppins Před 14 dny +8

    Yuri Alexandrovich Bezmenov interview 1984

  • @Aleksandrlawgaming
    @Aleksandrlawgaming Před 13 dny +14

    Next video:
    How the west maniplulates you and controls the narrative

    • @fabriciomarques8663
      @fabriciomarques8663 Před 10 dny +4

      Hello Comrade 🔖🚩🚩🚩

    • @ArmUkraine
      @ArmUkraine Před 8 dny +2

      Thanks for the case study:)

    • @Aleksandrlawgaming
      @Aleksandrlawgaming Před 8 dny

      @@fabriciomarques8663 im from the caribbean
      So not a part of either side but interesting to see it all unfold

    • @fabriciomarques8663
      @fabriciomarques8663 Před 8 dny

      @@Aleksandrlawgaming which caribbean warm water port oblast are you from comrade? I you are angry because Zelensky personally stole all the tax money to buy mansions right? Pesky kapitalist

  • @THE-X-Force
    @THE-X-Force Před 13 dny

    12:16 .. When (what meeting) is this from, please?

  • @ebmdude
    @ebmdude Před 11 dny

    We definitely on the list for this one

  • @PrimericanIdol
    @PrimericanIdol Před 14 dny +4

    They learned it from the CIA.

    • @fabriciomarques8663
      @fabriciomarques8663 Před 10 dny

      Sure Komrade, from what warm water port oblast you come from?

    • @PrimericanIdol
      @PrimericanIdol Před 10 dny +1

      @@fabriciomarques8663 What state are you from, freedom rider?

  • @patstaunton1501
    @patstaunton1501 Před 14 dny +4

    Excellent, your presentation of the facts and your unbiased analysis is so fucking refreshing. Thank you Simon and team.

    • @only_fair23
      @only_fair23 Před 14 dny +1

      Troll?

    • @monkeynator1000
      @monkeynator1000 Před 14 dny

      Biased

    • @thepax2621
      @thepax2621 Před 14 dny +2

      @@monkeynator1000 bot

    • @patstaunton1501
      @patstaunton1501 Před 13 dny +1

      Irishman,51 years and somewhat biased. I think Simons work is some of the best produced content available online. We need more factual research and presentation similar to this.

    • @monkeynator1000
      @monkeynator1000 Před 13 dny +1

      @@patstaunton1501 he need to disclose his funding and donations. To prove he isn’t biased. But he won’t

  • @golds3882
    @golds3882 Před 14 dny +2

    We all do the same thing tho...it seems a bit arrogant to accuse Russia of something ever major power does on a wide spread basis.

  • @pufferphish7
    @pufferphish7 Před 14 dny

    Nice.

  • @benlowe578
    @benlowe578 Před 12 dny +5

    You do know we do this too lol?
    And on a much larger scale and more successfully than the Russians.
    why di you think Ukraine overthrew their democratically elected government in 2014?

    • @raa4975
      @raa4975 Před 9 dny

      They weren't democratically elected russia rigged elections to get a pro russia leader who was stamping all over ukrainians rights if that happened in the west incels like you would be the first to cry about oppression 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @heywoodjablome2018
    @heywoodjablome2018 Před 13 dny +9

    Our own governments never do the same things to other...😂😂😂

    • @fabriciomarques8663
      @fabriciomarques8663 Před 10 dny +2

      Sure Komrade, west is bad russia good

    • @heywoodjablome2018
      @heywoodjablome2018 Před 10 dny +2

      @@fabriciomarques8663 is that you Hillary Clinton? Russia Russia Russia🤡

    • @MrCoconut212
      @MrCoconut212 Před 3 dny

      show the evidence pls

    • @heywoodjablome2018
      @heywoodjablome2018 Před 3 dny

      @@MrCoconut212 you're ability to not pay attention is amazing are you trying out for the Biden administration? If not you should because you'd fit right in.

    • @fabriciomarques8663
      @fabriciomarques8663 Před 3 dny

      @@heywoodjablome2018 you are right komrade, only glorious Putin knows how to rule a People's Republic, as a fellow citizen of the warm water port people's republic of texas I am approve your comment

  • @illegalalien6199
    @illegalalien6199 Před 12 dny +2

    Replace Russia with another country and you're gonna be in trouble

  • @RazorMouth
    @RazorMouth Před 13 dny +2

    Ironic that Putin doesnt even get the truth from his own.

  • @RichterOfTheMistVillage
    @RichterOfTheMistVillage Před 14 dny +6

    If anyone is manipulating me its you simon I get all my news from your channels

  • @-Good4Y0u
    @-Good4Y0u Před 14 dny +4

    Good video

  • @apelsinuke
    @apelsinuke Před 14 dny +2

    first gen immigrants in politics? idk, maybe there should be a rule that a citizen must have been born in the country where he's trying to join parlament/house of lords/etc? like that same rule for presidents?

  • @theguildofthetranquilpine5360

    He really showed us he how much he could have lied to us and we still wouldn’t notice

  • @jeketz
    @jeketz Před 14 dny +3

    Isnt the usa #1 manipulator?

  • @georgesos
    @georgesos Před 13 dny +3

    Rusia is doing what? You confused it with USA probably...😊

  • @Shjeshje
    @Shjeshje Před 14 dny +3

    Theres a pretty funny level of irony foe the USA to criticize russia of election meddling/interference lol. Perhaps they dont on the same level, but pot meet kettle, nonetheless

    • @IKilledEarl
      @IKilledEarl Před 14 dny

      What are you referring to? The Mueller report proved that Russia interfered in the 2016 election. What election did the US interfere in?

  • @IK_MK
    @IK_MK Před 12 dny +1

    These rookies should take lessons from _The Sun_ media 😂😂😂

  • @jordi0011
    @jordi0011 Před 13 dny +1

    I honestly can believe Simon lied to me. I’m shook lol

  • @ltdude3383
    @ltdude3383 Před 13 dny +8

    If you change the word from Russia to America it makes more sense
    No country does misinformation and propaganda better in America
    If Russia is capable of all these actions then what is America doing? That is truly terrifying
    But I guess if Simon tried to tell that story his CZcams channels would be shut down faster than the speed of sound 15:24

  • @dannyfrommer5486
    @dannyfrommer5486 Před 14 dny +4

    Can you do a video on US , China , NATO , Zionist , stratedgies of info wars please. I thing a global survey would be fair , no?

  • @512TheWolf512
    @512TheWolf512 Před 14 dny +1

    the world just sucks. we live in the worst possible timeline

  • @darnellphantom8168
    @darnellphantom8168 Před 14 dny

    Love the channel to add on a touch in the same breath AI can super charge the misinformation it could be a very useful tool to identify and take down

  • @Goldlung1
    @Goldlung1 Před 14 dny +9

    But i dont understand, our media told us Russia lost the war back in 2022, how could this still be going on

    • @rhino015
      @rhino015 Před 14 dny +1

      Haha I think it’s important to understand that everyone puts out propaganda to some extent.
      If you think about it in a war context from a logical perspective it would actually be dumb to report everything completely honestly and in detail. You’d be giving your enemy strategic information they can use against you. And you’d be harming the morale of your own troops. So I think people who think everything from one side is the full truth are kidding themselves. There’s a lot we simply don’t know, despite people in media talking confidently about those things as if they know them for a fact. We have seen many cases of factual statements reported in the war that turned out to be completely false. On both sides. The one part we can know with reasonable confidence is where the front lines are, and whether certain things have been hit if we have footage. But other than that, especially casualty figures, are completely unverifiable and subject to propaganda for the above logical reasons

    • @monkeynator1000
      @monkeynator1000 Před 14 dny +1

      @@rhino015 the American people shouldn’t be lied to since we fund Ukraine. We need to know when it’s a lost cause

    • @thepax2621
      @thepax2621 Před 14 dny +3

      @@monkeynator1000 Since when are you american Vladimir?

    • @rhino015
      @rhino015 Před 13 dny

      @@monkeynator1000 well that’s a fair point. The opinion of the people of America determines how much they’re willing to fund Ukraine. And being given a false impression of the situation could potentially lead to the people deciding differently. In a sense the elected government of those ppl is potentially capable of either intentionally or unintentionally manipulating them into supporting something they wouldn’t had they known the details.
      However the other side of this is that Ukraine could potentially lose out significantly if they give all that useful intelligence to Russia. And then the money Americans provided is wasted anyway. Hypothetically.
      So there’s no easy answer to that. And I guess it’s more degrees of truth that matter. Perhaps the line to draw is that if the war is completely unwinnable with what America will realistically provide Ukraine then hiding that fact is a problem. Whereas if Ukraine will win either way then hiding the details from the American people probably isn’t a big deal.
      I guess then the question becomes what truly is the situation on the battlefield etc?

  • @normallyscott563
    @normallyscott563 Před 14 dny +52

    The best thing that Elon Musk has done to Twitter was add community notes.

    • @romanmanner
      @romanmanner Před 14 dny +5

      X is majority bots, now. It’s badly broken.

    • @arthurarthur6083
      @arthurarthur6083 Před 14 dny +9

      The worst thing that Elon has done to Twitter was giving away blue checkmarks to everybody.

    • @Willy_Tepes
      @Willy_Tepes Před 14 dny

      @@romanmanner Cry more Commie ;)

    • @Willy_Tepes
      @Willy_Tepes Před 14 dny +13

      @@arthurarthur6083 The thing you Lefties valued so much, lol.

    • @ManiaMac1613
      @ManiaMac1613 Před 14 dny

      ​@@Willy_TepesAll modern right-wing beliefs were created by KGB agents.

  • @Tlailax
    @Tlailax Před 13 dny +1

    If only there was someone who could track all digital communication and tell us what the real truth is - they would never lie of course

  • @albevanhanoy
    @albevanhanoy Před 4 dny

    Share this video far and wide. Information to counter disinformation.

  • @wrldonwill
    @wrldonwill Před 14 dny +37

    Hopping in the chat before the Mother Russia apologists.

    • @mr.z3664
      @mr.z3664 Před 14 dny +10

      And this comment was the best you could do? By the way, not everyone that disagrees with you is a secret Russian agent.

    • @ethandealejandro2589
      @ethandealejandro2589 Před 14 dny +11

      @@mr.z3664 ive got a billion dollars that says otherwise

    • @JuniorSmith-zw7pd
      @JuniorSmith-zw7pd Před 14 dny +2

      Saying this won't make US brave and fight Russia using their "super weapons" they are still cowards who only have strength for militias and rebels 😂

    • @wrldonwill
      @wrldonwill Před 14 dny +1

      @@JuniorSmith-zw7pd Ok, Drago.

    • @menkaragamble8175
      @menkaragamble8175 Před 14 dny +3

      I think you meant to say "before the Republicans".

  • @darkwownutz5438
    @darkwownutz5438 Před 13 dny +12

    Russia is SO BAD lol while the UK will throw you in jail for standing on a sidewalk saying a SILENT prayer. 😂

  • @thierrym6165
    @thierrym6165 Před 11 dny +1

    I think if we replace the word Russia with any other intelligence agency, the video is mostly going to be the same.

  • @jellyrcw12
    @jellyrcw12 Před 9 dny

    This is such an important topic. I feel like barely anyone takes it seriously enough! People are very gullible.

  • @erozelsky
    @erozelsky Před 14 dny +3

    Nice episode, Simon. For transparency, you should make an episode disclosing where you get your funding and who writes your scripts.

  • @stephenkiss5790
    @stephenkiss5790 Před 14 dny +1

    I found a Russian on telegram that speaks English. He said he is a 52 year old humanities teacher, we’re suppose to have a call tomorrow. I refuse to listen to anyone on any social media platform that won’t talk on the phone.

  • @JS-te2vj
    @JS-te2vj Před 14 dny +9

    ooooh here come the trolls lol

  • @marksolarz3756
    @marksolarz3756 Před 14 dny +1

    Fool's are betrayed by there own words. Solomon's wisdom.

  • @Ludawig
    @Ludawig Před 14 dny +2

    Noice. Can we also get one for how America does it?