Potemkin Minds

We think that Ruschia, just like our identities as humans or the States we pledge allegiance to, exists independently of the Disinfolklore and Counter Disinfolklore we create to understand our environment. We think the stories we create reflect a reality, but they’re simply mirages.

Disinfolklore enables us to perceive the Data-Resistant Mental Archetypes of a Potemkin State colonising our own minds.

Source: Data-Resistant Mental Archetypes of a Potemkin State

The key battleground for Ukraine is our Disinfolklore Universe is to transform successfully its Archetypal identity of Ukraine as ‘weaker than Russia’ as a ‘damsel in distress’ inside the minds of those today who are captivated by Data Resistant Archetypes of a Potemkin State.

There are earned archetypes or reputations — Ukraine as a lion.

Then there are the data resistant ones: Ukraine as a damsel in distress who must submit.

Source: Our Disinfolklore Universe

The Potemkin State is not just Russia’s physical territory — it is the mental model of Russia that colonises our minds. We carry Potemkin Minds: minds populated by data-resistant archetypes that make us believe Russia is strong and Ukraine is weak. The distinction: earned archetypes (Ukraine as a lion) vs data-resistant archetypes (Ukraine as damsel in distress). Rearchetyping replaces the latter with the former.

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