It reached a high-water mark in the Ukraine war where the stupefied masses were told simultaneously that the Russians were inept idiots and being thrashed on the battlefield but would overrun Europe if X funding wasn’t immediately approved.
That's a big one for sure. How can the Russians be an existential threat if they're primitive, stupid subhumans? OTOH, if they are such a threat, they cannot be primitive or stupid.
As I've said before, US Empire propaganda has become so absurd on its face that it's difficult to do a good satire on it.
It reached a high-water mark in the Ukraine war where the stupefied masses were told simultaneously that the Russians were inept idiots and being thrashed on the battlefield but would overrun Europe if X funding wasn’t immediately approved.
That's a big one for sure. How can the Russians be an existential threat if they're primitive, stupid subhumans? OTOH, if they are such a threat, they cannot be primitive or stupid.
As I've said before, US Empire propaganda has become so absurd on its face that it's difficult to do a good satire on it.