There was a very dramatic shift recently in how the Ukraine/Russia war is reported in Western media. The feel good stuff of the first days are gone and it’s much more bleak.
That’s the problem with inventing reality, sooner or later the real world starts leaking in through the walls of the fantasy you construct.
I think the story also didn’t sell as good as hoped. The Democrats thought they could ride this war to the midterm elections, but I think the public is more interested in domastic issues like cost of living and mass shootings.
Using the war as a distraction from the failing domestic policy does seem like it was part of the original reasoning for goading Russia into it. They clearly expected Russia to collapse economically due to sanctions and to have a quick win under their belt. Clearly nobody bothered to consider what would happen if Russia didn’t fold and now panic is starting to set in as economic blow back is driving public unrest across the western world.
People aren’t going to care about a war half way across the world when they can’t put food on the table, pay their rent, or fill up their car. And once people start connecting that with the war there’s going to be hell to pay.
I always question the wisdom of “Russia will collapse” angle. Ideology aside, do you really want a nuclear state to collapse? Sounds like a recipe for armageddon.
Exactly, I find people end up being blinded by their ideology and just lose all ability to think straight.
