I’ve learned, among other things, that the propaganda state in the West is an incredible empire

Oliver Stone: “The last three years have been harrowing for me in the West. I’ve learned, among other things, that the propaganda state in the West is an incredible empire—far bigger and stronger than I ever imagined. We are unable to see, from inside the matrix, the lies that have enveloped us—that Russia and China and Iran and so forth are our mortal enemies. This isn’t true. But we have succumbed to that because our media—the networks and the elitist media—have told us repeatedly, inventing lies about our enemies.

The worst of it was George Orwell. It’s George Orwell time. Imbecilic accusations against Mr. Putin and his Russia. In the old days, even in the worst of the Cold War, we never referred to Russia as ‘Khrushchev’ or ‘Brezhnev.’ That’s what we’re doing now. We call Russia ‘Putin,’ because Putin, for whatever reason, has been personalized. This isn’t policy. This is a tragic—this is a tragic substitution of hatred for intelligence.”