The problem is this goodwill seemingly never works both ways.

When the western side of things does something bad or controversial, it's all about how the west is bad and any comment on other actors is deflecting.

When the eastern side of things does something bad though, we must never stop reflecting on how the west is also bad, and also be aware of how our biases might actually paint an unfairly worse picture of the east.

Which, funny enough, would be an ideal result of western propaganda.

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