It's just a joke(abt that Finland being fake thing)😭 if you search up 'controversial things' on chatgpt, this is literally the first thing it shows. I am not saying that Finland is fake, it's just a random search, gang💔 sybau
As the video I linked said, "Finland is not real" sounds as ridiculous as "birds aren't real". So it's just a harmless joke, right?
But as the guy in the video also explains, not everyone will know the context of the joke. Most people making this joke know nothing about Finland's history or relationship with Russia (or Sweden, but that's less relevant). Even ridiculous lies start feeling truthful when repeated often enough and can be used as the first step for bigger lies.
Today people are joking that Finland isn't real. How silly! Let's keep the joke going! So what about when in five years' time Russia starts pushing propaganda to the West saying Finland isn't a legitimate country, just like they've been doing with Ukraine? The idea is already in your head in the form of a "harmless joke."
It's not funny to question a nation's existence and sovereignty, even as a joke, especially not now.
Here's Russian state media saying "it's all ours, of course" in reference to Finland and some other countries.
Here's Russian state media saying they "want the Russian Empire", which would include Finland. Although, the guy immediately follows up by calling for genocide against Finns (and Poles).
Here's a Russian state official calling for the invasion of a bunch of nations, including Finland because it's "all our lands."
Also, please don't use chat gbt as a search engine. Or preferably at all.
