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In North Korea, they tell the captive citizens that all Americans eat dog food and live on the street. North Koreans have it the best in the entire world, they are told. And they believe it.

Everyone can go to literally any Russian vlog and watch the everyday life of Russians. Lots and lots of Japanese cars, people are healthy-looking, there are malls and city parks and all sorts of everyday happenings that could be taking place anywhere in the world.

No one has neon-colored hair. People dress and act age and gender appropriate. Clothing is no different than what we wear here. Lots of baby strollers, grocery stores look like American ones. Houses are affordable and come in a range of prices/amenities. Gas stations that look the ones anywhere in the world, with convenience stores attached and prices closer to what we paid 2 years ago.

These are not Potemkin facades. The vloggers will go to several different places, usually differentiated by price or inventory. There are small cities of 15k, rural villages with small (as well as large)individually owned/worked farms and web cams in larger cities. You Tube is full of these.

Your caricature of Russian-accented English is bizarre. None of my Russian ancestors sounded like that and, to the American ear, the accent of my Ukrainian ancestors was the same, except they did pronounce some words slightly differently. This was also manifested in their everyday Yiddish speech. Most, even my great-grandfather, born in the 1870s, were multilingual. My grandfather, for example, sang Italian and German opera on the radio for extra income. They were far from wealthy or privileged.

You are a propagandist, heavily reliant on the Daily Mail, which has been characterized as *lurid* for over 100 years. Worse, you appear to believe your propaganda and even triple down on it when called out.

Everyone here is on to you and your Hallelujah chorus.