© Russian InsiderIt's an old game.
Sanctions against Russia are damaging the economies of many EU Countries, but "that doesn't matter," according to the Mainstream Media.
The myth is "the West" must be continued, at all costs; thus, truth, or even the perception of it, must be sacrificed.In a recent article by Italian newspaper
La Stampa, "The firmness needed with Russia", about the upcoming visit of Prime Minister Renzi to Moscow, journalist Stefano Stefanini calls to arms. He has no doubts. Everything is certain. We are the good guys.
"Italy is friend with Russia, but they are objectively divided by their respective camps," "The tensions are all Putin's fault," and "This new cold war is provoked by the Kremlin" are only mild examples of the traditional anti-Russia stance by the newspaper based in Turin, which usually, in other days, is far more aggressive and biased against the Bear. The recurring theme of "the EU is united" is not missing, as you may expect. But nothing is further from the truth.
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the plutocracy has gone on a rampage, hoarding all World's resources with predatory style. The consensus has been ensured through the media, and although internet may challenge that (but so far the web has substantially failed in doing so), the plutocracy has the skills, the means and, especially, the opportunism to overcome any threat from alternative media, at least in the near future.
We don't need to look far. The owners of
La Stampa, the Agnelli-Elkann family, offer a perfect example. They have profited cynically from both World Wars, providing cars, machinery and weaponry to the Italian State; they were instrumental in the rise of the fascist dictatorship led by Benito Mussolini. Finally, as soon as that regime was over, they turned immediately into USA's best Italian friends. So, it's not strange that now UK and USA are gaining from these sanctions, increasing trade with Russia while Continental Europe loses a consistent slice of the pie. The Agnelli-Elkann family, whose car company FCA has received substantial subsidies from their friend Obama, who is part of the "EU united under the UK-USA's umbrella" camp, known by many as "The West."
However, recently I have noticed that the Agnellis, through their stooge
La Stampa paper, are softening their position against Russia. They see NATO is losing, they understand the EU is far from united and are sneakingly preparing for a new change of colour. Money is serious business, after all. Forget about "firmness." No morality or coherence is allowed.
All this teaches us a few lessons to Alternative Media. Truth is out there; we don't need to invent it. Also, we should stay away from the vulgar hooliganism of the dichotomy "good vs evil." Amongst plutocrats, opportunism is endemic; in our quest for truth, we shouldn't imitate the over-simplifications of MSM, which present current events under the gross geopolitical spectrum of "Nations against Nations."
The truth is out there, and we have a perception of it. It may be an imprecise one, but all we can do is stick to it, and report what we feel about it. No outright lies allowed.
I LOVE the propaganda poster! Where have we heard this kind of crap again recently?
At least, these days, they aren't telling men they will have their balls sliced off.
No, today, ISIS will cut your entire HEAD off, (with a Bowie knife paid for by US taxpayer funds, and on video, edited in an Israeli studio.)
And there are not too many women any more in America who would submit so photogenically and helplessly under some guy's boot. The women I know, they would probably rip his balls off with their bare teeth, these days.
Question: Is the American Public dumber today than they were then, or not? After all, they voted for Bush - twice - then Obama - twice. (Probably, that was only because the Easter Bunny was not in the race for President.) My vote is for the intelligence of the American Public having been on a steep decline since about July 4, 1776. Any day now, the graph will drop below the baseline. (This means American stupidity will be no longer just a source of amusement, but will actually be a danger to the planet.)
-LG
PS: This bull-muffins sold a lot of armaments though, didn't it? Still going on.... Remember on Sept. 10, 2001, Donald Rumsfeld announced the Pentagon had lost track of $2,300,000.000,000.00? --- For those who went cross-eyed trying to count all those zeroes, that's $2.3 TRILLION they could not account for and didn't know where it went, equal to almost FIVE YEARS of the entire Pentagon budget. And the very next day, conveniently (wouldn't you say?) 19 Arabs (oh sure) killed 3,000 people and everybody promptly forgot about what Donald Rumsfeld had said. SO convenient....