Kristian KiehlingMar 16

‪Russian films like Mr Nobody are popular in the West and even receive Oscar nominations because they portray the Russian people "as a nation of 'small people', sincere in their naivety [and] victims of state villainy rather than its accomplices." This distorted sense of agency is shaped by a shameful denial of collective responsibility, reminiscent of post-war Germany when nobody was at fault except the Führer.

https://kyivindependent.com/oscar-nominated-film-shows-russias-enduring-small-person-complex/

Oscar-nominated ‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ exposes Russian passivity

"At the moment, I have no idea how much trouble I'm going to cause myself in the future," says Pavel Talankin at the very beginning of the documentary "Mr. Nobody Against Putin." Not every story about Russian propaganda demonstrates its power. Some merely highlight the self-dramatization of the Russian people and their real position — that in their own country, they are nobodies and will not even try to change that. So the audience is left with a distorted sense of agency, shaped by the denial

The Kyiv Independent
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@Kristian_Kiehling "we wanna bomb civilians and whine about our goverment incompetency, like americans do it, but our goverment tyranically supresses our speech and can't even bomb civilians into submission so now we are in trouble, but what if we make deep psychological take about "mystique of human spirit", "le bad person made me do it", "it's more complicated you see, that war criminal rappist also loved being arround children"

Oh world you sure peeked around when I was 11

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Show threadKristian KiehlingMar 16
@gonzo_askold Yes, but Imao it includes the trend of likening today's US society to fascist Russian society, which has never been democratic despite many Russians' claims to the contrary. There are far too many differences, starting with the US's role in World War Two and its aftermath, when they helped bring peace and democracy to Europe, whereas the Russians occupied and terrorised the other half, and so on. We really should not compare the two, as this obscures centuries of Russian crimes.