How Vladimir Lenin Became a Mushroom (2017)

Re:How Vladimir Lenin Became a Mushroom (2017) by geoka9 on Saturday November 10, 2018 @12:37PM (#18422367)

Modern Russian TV is full of crazy hoaxes that people are quick to believe. The difference is that they are manufactured by the state at scale as part of its "hybrid warfare" campaigns (currently in Syria and Ukraine), as opposed to a lone prankster trolling people for fun. One could even say that Kurekhin's prank was a wildly successful POC.

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Re:How Vladimir Lenin Became a Mushroom (2017) by nabla9 on Saturday November 10, 2018 @04:22PM (#18423585)

The problem is so serious that EU has official site to counter Russian disinformation warfare.

https://euvsdisinfo.eu/

The site is run by EEAS East Stratcom Task Force (EEAS is the European Union's diplomatic service).

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Re:How Vladimir Lenin Became a Mushroom (2017) by v_lisivka on Saturday November 10, 2018 @01:51PM (#18422814)

My mother lost her mind recently. When I checked her youtube account, I found that it's full of these Russian hoaxes. She watched them extensively for last few years.

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Re:How Vladimir Lenin Became a Mushroom (2017) by rexpop on Saturday November 10, 2018 @04:42PM (#18423682)

I don't know whether to believe you. Can you give an example?

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Re:How Vladimir Lenin Became a Mushroom (2017) by geoka9 on Saturday November 17, 2018 @11:01PM (#18478809)

Oh man, I'm sorry.

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Re:How Vladimir Lenin Became a Mushroom (2017) by oldgradstudent on Saturday November 10, 2018 @09:50PM (#18424730)

Could you give an example of a hoax that has the same monumental scale and consequences as, say, the weapons of mass destruction hoax that led to the 2003 Iraq war?

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Re:How Vladimir Lenin Became a Mushroom (2017) by richard_shelton on Saturday November 10, 2018 @01:48PM (#18422797)

You almost made me think that "Wag the Dog" is a Russian movie [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wag_the_Dog

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Re:How Vladimir Lenin Became a Mushroom (2017) by geoka9 on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @11:40AM (#18503893)

Мы рождены, чтоб сказку сделать былью.

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Re:How Vladimir Lenin Became a Mushroom (2017) by romwell on Saturday November 10, 2018 @07:53PM (#18424400)

Remember seeing it back in Ukraine growing up; the premise was so outlandish to me that it was pretty much sci-fi. And it seemed to be especially impossible as Internet was becoming the norm.

Boy was I wrong. There are so many alternative realities out there now that soon it'll be hard to find two people living in the same one.

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Re:How Vladimir Lenin Became a Mushroom (2017) by adventured on Saturday November 10, 2018 @10:38PM (#18424905)

> There are so many alternative realities out there now that soon it'll be hard to find two people living in the same one.

They were always there. Absolutely nothing has changed about how crazy people are. Now it's merely easier to commiserate or fight about it with more people.

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Re:How Vladimir Lenin Became a Mushroom (2017) by pbhjpbhj on Saturday November 10, 2018 @01:55PM (#18422844)

Well USA has Trump, UK has Brexit, ... seems a pretty widespread phenomenon. Only difference is perhaps it is coming from the state machine vs people who are major authorities in the state machine?

We've certainly been lied to on major issues recently by our State machine in the UK too.

Lies are probably necessary at some times; but these don't seem to have been.

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