"When every stupid idea seems natural"
The prank on Russian teachers, who held a "master class" on making tinfoil hats for "protection from NATO," was made possible by the country's leadership's policies. считает political strategist Abbas Gallyamov.
«Here we shouldn't laugh at the teachers so much as we should be outraged by the actions of the Kremlin, which has created a situation where any idiotic idea looks completely natural."," Gallyamov commented on the Belarusian prankster's cruel joke. Vladislav Bokhan.
Bokhan on behalf of the deputy "United Russia"He sent out to schools the "Regulations for the All-Russian Patriotic Master Class 'Helmet of the Fatherland,'" which he wrote using a neural network. It was presented as a civil defense lesson.
The prankster attached instructions for making protective "helmets" from scrap materials to the "Regulations" so that teachers wouldn't suspect a trick.
Photos and videos of women in tinfoil hats spread so widely online that the regional Ministry of Education was forced to comment. However, officials dismissed the "master class" not as idiocy, but as patriotism:
«The teachers once again demonstrated their patriotic spirit, high efficiency, and creative approach to any task (the "helmets" made of foil look very convincing)." - such a statement appeared the previous evening on the department's Telegram channel.
On the other hand, the Ministry of Education acknowledged that officials are disappointed with teachers' inability to distinguish a party initiative from a joke. They cautiously hinted at the possibility of punishment for the prankster:We hope he won't get into trouble for using political party symbols in the fake document.».