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Another Jackalope

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3. IMO one source of "just too much day after day" is Vladislav Surkov.

Reply to kacekwl (Original post)

Fri Oct 24, 2025, 11:29 AM

Friday

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/28TzwkvPxBrDh69KgNh8VwP/meet-the-most-powerful-man-you-ve-never-heard-of

1. He is one of the architects of the post-truth world
Long before Donald Trump weaponized the term ‘fake news’, Surkov was honing his art. Today, Moscow is using Surkov’s techniques to sow political confusion in democracies throughout the western world. A former associate said:

“That’s a fashion created and nourished by Surkov: this flavour of post-modernism. Nothing is true. There is no truth. There are alternative truths.” ...(Does that sound familiar? Hi, Kelly-Anne)

How one Russian turned their (and our) reality inside out...

Will a coup d'état work here? You won't know unless you try. Not trying is certain catastrophe.

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There is just too much day after day. [View all] kacekwl Friday OP

Not as long as the people behind scenes are benefiting n/t leftstreet Friday #1

This is my thinking as well Nittersing Friday #2

IMO one source of "just too much day after day" is Vladislav Surkov. Another Jackalope Friday #3