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Turbo-Nationalists and Reality
Russia has launched a series of ads to get people to join the army. They all emphasize the pay and the fact that Russian troops have rich contracts. The three I have caught are directed at different layers of society.
The first is directed at the working class. It involves threats from what appears to be the mafia, disappearing as soon as the recruit shows the thugs his contract. It implies all debts will be gone. If the soldier dies on the front lines, it’s true.
The second is the middle class. Dad can’t afford a cell phone for his teenage girl. This is not an uncommon situation. The army contract allows dad to buy a cell phone (on payments) before leaving for the war zone. It includes a discussion, overheard by dad, between his teenage girl and a friend about the army and the motherland. But the whole thing comes down to money.
The one that Two Majors refer to involves an old man who owns an older LADA he loves but can’t afford to keep. His son rescues the car by joining the army. The theme across all of them is the same. The army can solve your economic problems.
Here is the post critical of this ad, which, to be fair, is quite effective.
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