CMV level 1: Houthis didn’t exist for anyone in eurosphere until they bombed ships.
CMV level 2: The regime they fought was shitty, but so is their current administration.
CMV level 3: They had zero reason to bomb ships because they don’t have any interest in this, but they were told to do so by investors and suppliers like Iran in exchange for something for their corrupt elites.
CMV level 1: Houthis didn’t exist for anyone in eurosphere until they bombed ships.
As someone who follows foreign policy, I object! Some of us were here observing a conflict that had no traction in broader culture and we had no influence over!
That’s surprising. Looking at that conflict or any other, like in Myanmar (pre their r/combat_footage popularity), makes me feel like I’m the only english-speaking person who even know it’s going on.
I can be moderately entertaining, so I make sure my friends are informed as well. But yeah, it’s a pretty small percentage of us who give a damn about foreign affairs. The number of people I’ve met who don’t even know the difference between Iran and Iraq is… astounding.
It’s a given. And the fact of it itself is somehow sobering. In a way you stop giving a fuck that much about what ill-informed actors tell. Many of them didn’t even read wikipedia, but spread their influencer’s pov to others.
CMV level 1: Houthis didn’t exist for anyone in eurosphere until they bombed ships.
CMV level 2: The regime they fought was shitty, but so is their current administration.
CMV level 3: They had zero reason to bomb ships because they don’t have any interest in this, but they were told to do so by investors and suppliers like Iran in exchange for something for their corrupt elites.
As someone who follows foreign policy, I object! Some of us were here observing a conflict that had no traction in broader culture and we had no influence over!
That’s surprising. Looking at that conflict or any other, like in Myanmar (pre their r/combat_footage popularity), makes me feel like I’m the only english-speaking person who even know it’s going on.
I can be moderately entertaining, so I make sure my friends are informed as well. But yeah, it’s a pretty small percentage of us who give a damn about foreign affairs. The number of people I’ve met who don’t even know the difference between Iran and Iraq is… astounding.
To be fair, when the media refuses to cover something how does a normal person even know what to search for?
Iran and Iraq are constantly in the news, though. At least the Houthis were somewhat obscure until recently.
It’s a given. And the fact of it itself is somehow sobering. In a way you stop giving a fuck that much about what ill-informed actors tell. Many of them didn’t even read wikipedia, but spread their influencer’s pov to others.