The most serious battle is happening in Ukraine, but for those not feeling the violence there is a war for hearts and minds in public opinion. In the social media age, we are doing the fighting.
Especially when the image is spread widely with generic messages of support and admiration for Zelenskyy, it's potentially misleadingly implying that Zelenskyy is somewhere actually in battle, when the primary sources (his own posts and videos/the accounts of other officials who actually know or interact with him) show he is in Kyiv center/not in combat/theoretically less exposed to battle risk.
amazing to me also how what I call web3 tools are being used ...can you imagine an individual or company able to keep communications going such as Elon Musk has in this situation....or that we can plainly see a 40 mile convoy line of Russian military and the Ukraine govt is asking for private company help in identifying movements of the Russians? Also one fact that has stunned but not confirmed....Russian fatalities are estimated to be 3500...and I can't seem to confirm that but if so in one week 3500 out of 150,000 is unbelievable....as a comparison the entire Vietnam war of ten years had about 50,000 fatalities.....
Another example of memetic solidarity - sharing photos of Zelenskyy in trenches/in military gear - from December 6, 2021 - without making clear that it's NOT a photo from since the invasion started (https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/ukrainian-president-volodymyr-zelensky-visits-the-front-news-photo/1237056843).
Especially when the image is spread widely with generic messages of support and admiration for Zelenskyy, it's potentially misleadingly implying that Zelenskyy is somewhere actually in battle, when the primary sources (his own posts and videos/the accounts of other officials who actually know or interact with him) show he is in Kyiv center/not in combat/theoretically less exposed to battle risk.
amazing to me also how what I call web3 tools are being used ...can you imagine an individual or company able to keep communications going such as Elon Musk has in this situation....or that we can plainly see a 40 mile convoy line of Russian military and the Ukraine govt is asking for private company help in identifying movements of the Russians? Also one fact that has stunned but not confirmed....Russian fatalities are estimated to be 3500...and I can't seem to confirm that but if so in one week 3500 out of 150,000 is unbelievable....as a comparison the entire Vietnam war of ten years had about 50,000 fatalities.....