Propaganda is a modern Latin word meaning 'to spread' or 'to propagate'. Originally this word derived from a new administrative body of the Catholic Church (congregation) created in 1622 as part of the Counter-Reformation, called the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide (Congregation for Propagating the Faith), or informally simply Propaganda. Its activity was aimed at "propagating" the Catholic faith in non-Catholic countries.
This morning I watched the nine-minute video of Schwarzenegger warns Russians they are being fed misinformation about their country's assault on Ukraine. The video was trending on Russian Twitter on Friday and has sparked reaction. To some Schwarzenegger sees Russians are people who have lost their ways, but pro Kremlin would just dismissed it an opinion that was paid US talking heads which means nothing to Russians
I could understand why those pro Putin would belittled this propaganda from a movie star who played as terminator but to me Arnie's points are valid. I could not see the war as justification to "denazify" Ukraine. Nazi is a ghost from the past. But I guess to many Russians this ghost is still real or at least sells. Schwarzenegger on his part wants to bust this ghost as without it the invasion would have no basis.
I would not expect Schwarzenegger would be successful in stopping the war single handedly but I certainly admire his action to step up and tell the people of Russia some side of the war that their government wants to hide from them.
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