At least the memes from this era will be killer.
@georgetakei an issue with the Nazi association is that it's aligned with the type of propaganda used by Russia where they paint their adversaries as Nazis like they did and still do with Ukraine today. They could then say "look at how evil and Nazi USA isx. They won't say it's because of Trump of course... then USA becomes the adversary of the whole world. China will look like angels in comparison, and I fear it's part of the game plan, as a world power switch. Always SCO vs NATO kind of thing

@HumainVirtuel @georgetakei
Most notably, this is a big part of how Russia "justified" their invasion of Ukraine - they claimed they were going to "de-Nazify" the country.

Like with most of their psyops, they're not inventing problems out of thin air. Instead, they magnify and exacerbate real tensions. The Azov Brigade is full of Nazis and it is a problem, but not even remotely something that requires military intervention from a foreign power.

@jargoggles @georgetakei yeah it's just pretext as the russians also employed Nazi mercenaries in the invasion of Ukraine... They just care about determining opponents as bad no matter if there's truth to it or not.
@HumainVirtuel @georgetakei
Right, thank you, I meant to mention the Wagner Group, which actually has been an integral part of Russian military operations for quite some time now.