Blaming Russia (and China) in most cases is a cheap cop out to try to deflect, hide and minimize the actual grievances of people living in USA.
Yes, there's propaganda and most of it doesn't reach the Americans. It's downright insulting to claim their hurts are something that countries on the other side of the world invented.
> It's downright insulting to claim their hurts are something that countries on the other side of the world invented.
This is not what I said at all. Try to hold more one idea in your head at once.
> "It's downright insulting to claim their hurts are something that countries on the other side of the world invented."
Not what was being claimed by anyone you're possibly responding to.
Read Active Measures to actually understand what is being discussed here, assuming it's available in your country. The author isn't from the US.