• lewis6991@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This is not a “war”, it is a “special military operation”.

    This is not a “coup”, it is a “march for justice”.

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      1 year ago

      Everyone tries to control the narrative, this is completely normal. Anti-terrorist operation, peacekeeping mission, special military operation, march for X. I don’t remember someone who just said “yep, we are invading X”.

      In this case both Prigozhin and Putin (or the establishment) are trying to control the narrative to gather support from “patriots”. Saying you are making a coup sounds antigonizing, while saying you are marching for justice, because it’s the government who has betrayed the people does not.