Zakharova: we live in a world where norms are dissipated through propaganda

MOSCOW, October 9 – RIA Novosti. Humanity is now living in terrible times, when neoliberal propaganda is dispersing traditional frameworks and freedom of choice, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.

“Today this same neoliberal propaganda is scattered, it is not so obvious. It offers, for example, variability under the guise of freedom to choose gender... This propaganda of neoliberalism has made it so that drugs in their narratives have ceased to be an absolute evil. Moreover, it has led to the legalization of drug addiction in a huge number of countries. It’s time to wake up,” she said at a lecture during the II Global Digital Forum.

According to Zakharova, people now face challenges of no less magnitude than during the Second World War. These challenges are more terrible, because if 85 years ago the Third Reich, Nazism and fascism promoted segregation and murder of people and it was visually clear - this is good and this is evil, but now propaganda dispels norms.

The diplomat noted that one cannot rely on only one country, group of countries or several leaders who will definitely come and save everyone.

“Everyone needs to wake up. This bell, as (Ernest) Hemingway wrote, is already ringing for each of us,” Zakharova added.