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Petra Liverani's avatar

My assumption is always that nothing is private on the internet. Even if a genuine person or group set up a private network how could you be sure that it wouldn't be hacked or infiltrated? Fortunately in my own case, I have nothing to say privately that I wouldn't say publicly even, of course, if what I want to say publicly doesn't go down too well in certain quarters. I do feel for people who want to engage in some privacy though. Maybe they're better off messaging by pigeon :) but then they'd probably be on to that too.

So at 9:22am Marina Matsapulina heard a much louder noise?

It's always layer upon layer of magic propaganda dust, isn't it?

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Michael Ginsburg's avatar

Ultimately, I think Telegram gained legitimacy for the same reason some portray Putin as an antidote to the globalist agenda (a.k.a “Putin fighting the globalists”).

Putin is a corrupt tyrant but he is also Russian which people instinctively assume means he is in opposition to the western elites.

Likewise, Durov is a billionaire tech mogul (founder of VK, the “Facebook of Russia”) but he is also Russian which people instinctively assume means he is in opposition to the western “Big Tech” players.

We MUST move beyond our collective obsession of picking sides based solely on one’s nationality, religion or skin colour.

Our collective enemy is most often referred to as GLOBALISTS. There is a reason for that name!

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