We start, of course, with the ineffable Guardian. Inevitably it all ties back to an inability, or unwillingness, to learn anything from history, and this disgusting myth that everyone should look up to the West as a beacon of superior values. They have the paranoia of Russian meddling in US elections as a background, but everything applies just as well to similar stories about the EU. True journalists like Robert Parry have analysed and exposed the rise of this new McCarthyism, and how uncorroborated, or sometimes outrightly false, allegations gradually become unquestionable facts.1 In this piece we examine three articles that have different angles of this RussiaDidIt approach. He must be the busiest villain in history. Brexit, Catalonia, Trump, racial tensions, the lack of credibility of the EU, all of these have a simple explanation, if we are to believe the mainstream media and pundits: Russia is behind it. ***** It seems like all the evils that plague the western world these days have a common cause. Side effects may include total paranoia, loss of credibility and a desire to wear the EU flag as a cape. Call your local US embassy or EU office and order your RussiaDidIt talking points. Expert: “Racism – Shame of America” – Soviet poster about the civil rights struggle in the United States Are you a western journalist or analyst with an issue you cannot explain? Do your symptoms include an unwillingness to learn anything from history and an unconditional embrace of western exceptionalism? Then we have just the thing for you: RussiaDidIt! Taken in the appropriate dosage, RussiaDidIt can be used for just any issue, small and large, old and new, near and far.
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