Vietkraine.
It’s a Democrat in office and most the media conglomerates and journalists are Democrat (5/6ths of them).
Big corporate America and Europe wanted this. The MSM is beholden to the big corporations and oligarchs who outright own them (Washington Post: Bezos / MSNBS: Gates), or because they make their money from advertising.
NATO wants this.
The political elite in the US and Europe, who follow whatever their corporate masters want, support this. They pay for their parties, campaigns, make them the millionaires and even billionaires they are. Congress is essentially for sale.
That’s what caused this war in the first place: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-president-zelenskiy-holding-talks-with-biden-adviser-says-2021-12-09/ (We’re big, we’re strong, and we can do whatever we want - we don’t need to listen to anyone else)
No one gave a $hit about the Russian position, what they said, what we previously promised them, how we would react if in their shoes... We were just going to “force” our will on them and if you’re not with us, you’re against us (I heard that before somewhere - hahaha).
Sometimes all the pieces start moving in the same direction (political, economic). There is no one questioning, no dissent, and what follows is very stupid: Covid response, Iraq invasion 2003, Patriot Act post 9-11, war in Ukraine.
When you get these avalanches (usually when you have political and economic interests converging), there is a lack of balance, no one is looking at the cost vs. benefit. There is no moderation. In fact often no one is considering the possible repercussions. Things get stupid and you’re expected to get on that train - or else you get some negative label slapped on you.