How to deal with people whose head full of Kremlin disinfo?

Tried to establish contact with an older neighbor. Done this first time in few years.

Instantly had shit shower full of kremlin disinformation shit with “gems” (or mind germs?) including “Ukrainian regime grabbed the saints remains from Kiev Pechorsky Lavra!!! Remains of saints!!!”, “Russia are orthodox brothers so they did not bomb Tbilisi and stepped back in 2008!” “Do you know about Epstein files!? Pedophile [a humiliating word about Jews] ate children!!!!”.

Disgusting. It gives me strong need to buy bunker somewhere in deep of Australia, or in the middle of Amazon jungles – the farther the better.

I guess this is typical thing here – people experiencing consequences of “disinformation lobotomy” via hours of watching TV swamp like Imedi, Objektiv, or drinking sewers right from the source – russian TV channels like “soloviev live”, “1st channel”, russia today, and alike.

Yes, there are some other sources of Kremlin disinfo, for example people wearing robes and speaking in name of God, injecting disinfo into their sermons, which specific problem of local context but I thought first about TV propaganda stamps when he said all that.

But my question is this: is there any sense to interact with these people? Or imagine like they are annoying distraction, a Matrix glitch, and don’t interact with these people at all, including in questions normally requiring cooperation with neighbors, like the repairs of apartment building?

I tried this because I decided to explore who I live with, for sake of possibility of future mutual aid, skills exchange, and all that anarchic vibes and all that jazz. But I doubt now that people like this are alive. They are worse than sleeping. They are “turned off” people.

Woe on me, who dared to walk outside of my self-isolation shell…

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5 responses to “How to deal with people whose head full of Kremlin disinfo?”

  1. kralcttam ☕️ Avatar

    @magical_cat It’s probably not worth talking to them if they believe all that.

    1. magical_cat Avatar

      May be you are right. At least, if I don’t know how this done (communication with such people, how search for common ground, I am not in position to do so, not “equipped well” for this.

      1. kralcttam ☕️ Avatar

        @magical_cat Here in the U.S. people died of Covid still denying its existence. People used their last breath to parrot misinformation about the disease that was killing them.

        1. magical_cat Avatar

          It is easy to get confused about a disease, as history shows. Some diseases even caused religious beliefs and superstiions.
          But get confused about simple fact that a neighbor country (russia) so hostile to yours (Georgia country) that it (russia) bombed your city (Gori) less than 2 decades ago (2008), occupies part of your cantry for decades (since 1992) and helped a local oligarch to take power by organized staged torture video (in 2012)?
          I understand that not all my neighbors are same, I just confused how to find common ground with such people?

  2. Djembro, RO, supports 🇺🇦🇬🇪 Avatar

    @magical_cat
    Good for you for reaching out. You had a good reason: you live in a community and may need to cooperate. You came to the sickening realization that this person’s mind has been infected with toxic disinformation. In your place, I wouldn’t necessarily pursue a neighborly relationship, but I’d stay alert to opportunities for a different relationship. Maybe there are places where your interests overlap. Maybe you hear complaining about WiFi and you realize you can help and so offer. I think compassion can be a great guide. People who suffer from the consequences of a “disinformation lobotomy” are in a sort of prison. Two books I recommend are Anthony de Mello’s Awareness and Timothy Snyder’s On Freedom. Keep up your exploration. It takes courage, which you obviously have.

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