I think it’s possible that he read the article and posted it on purpose. As with a lot of propagandistic messaging, one of the key tells is that consistency of which party you’re going to bat for is more important than factual consistency.
I’ve seen people before be equally comfortable with the framing “Russia is actually the oppressed party, NATO does evil and they provoked the war and meddled in Ukraine, Russia actually wants peace but the West left them no choice” as they are with the framing “YEAH PUTIN’S THE BOSS HE CAN DO WHAT HE WANTS, WHAT’S UP NOW BITCHES” in the exact same context.
I think it’s possible that he read the article and posted it on purpose. As with a lot of propagandistic messaging, one of the key tells is that consistency of which party you’re going to bat for is more important than factual consistency.
I’ve seen people before be equally comfortable with the framing “Russia is actually the oppressed party, NATO does evil and they provoked the war and meddled in Ukraine, Russia actually wants peace but the West left them no choice” as they are with the framing “YEAH PUTIN’S THE BOSS HE CAN DO WHAT HE WANTS, WHAT’S UP NOW BITCHES” in the exact same context.
With fascism the enemy is always simultaneously strong, and controlling everything, and also weak, and sure to fall to us.