Surkov Uses Archetypes as Fig Leaves

The really insightful thing from this piece in InformNapalm from Tetiana Boryak, which helped me a lot, was this statement from Surkov in his writings, where he talks about how Russia uses the archetypes of national consciousness as fig leaves to disguise their mental imperialism.

Source: Disinfolklore Universe Episode 2

The adversary’s own theorist (Surkov) confirms the Way of Seeing. Russia consciously uses archetypes as “fig leaves” to disguise imperial ambition. The Russkiy Mir concept is the archetype; the reality is naked imperialism. Seeing through the fig leaf IS the Way of Seeing.

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