Divide and rule

I read "brutish" as "british" on first glance

This feels dangerously close to some EnlightenedCentrism nonse

I feel like the artist originally wanted to make this primarily medieval themed. But then realisied "Oh yeah, news and stuff are a thing." And then just added laptops and antennas.

Are there disinformation campaigns from the EU targeting the russian population?

I think about this whenever I see legislative efforts to "prevent disinformation" XD

I hate disinformation as much as the next guy, but we gotta be careful who we give charte blanche to censor information XD

PURPLE GOOD YELLOW BAD 😤😤

It's worth pointing out that the two opposing countries / nations / city states in this cartoon would have to have similar governments with similar charters, and similar selection processes for their representatives.

It is lunacy to say things like "Obummer was a dictator!" when he was selected twice by people voting, and then peaceably left the office after his two terms completely in line with the Constitution.

Now can you say the same thing about, for instance, Putin?

What I get from this image is that one side will call the other side evil while the other side will do the same

It's best to look at the actions of a person or group rather than what they state they are doing

More moronic both sides shit?

Nation-states were a bad idea

There is a reason the Geneva Convention (and the Hague protocols before it) prohibit assassination. That reason is that the Glorious Leader and the Wicked Despot have more in common with each other than they do with us peons. Don't anyone get too excited during our "war" (population reduction, economic stimulus package, domestic troubles distraction). Invest in defense contractors, the elite will keep them fed.

Remember the average dude in China, Iran, Russia, etc is no more interested in dying to aggrandize his rich owners than you are.

Make Purple Great Again!

Rule of the world. The most violent ape gets to continue his lineage. To continue to pretend that we're more than violent apes is naive.

America is equally as bad as Russia! /s

"Shogun" tackles this really well.

Except that,

• Our objective news - is really just a mess of different slants, some being propaganda, that are not censured even when their content approaches slander due to heavy political bias.

• Our combating disinformation - is largely unexisting to the point that several large social media providers have abolished or acted against the control they had for doing so and that their CEOs shamelessly meet with presidential candidates with ties to them.

• Our glorious leader - is hardly accepted as a glorious leader and the portion of the society that does also tend to have absolutely no qualms about becoming more authoritarian by their own admission.

• Our great religion - is criticized within the country and an increasing number of people are becoming atheists.

• Our noble populace - Our heroic adventures - Ok, who is writing this meme? Who thinks their society thinks this way? Half the other populace disagrees with the other half, even going so far as to be described as hate, and any mythos of heroic is easily dismissed the moment it becomes convenient to do so not to mention the amount of criticism armed forces get.

This is whataboutism 101. Not all sides are completely black and white, but not all sides are equally grey.

I mean I would rather be caught dead than be purple

This and the rabbit/duck flag.

It is divide and conquer vs. unite and rule. You don't rule over people about to go at each other.

Whatever this things reeks of both sideism. Which is another way to feel superior without learning.