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minus-squaredavel@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·12 days agoLike, every single time. And then, 15–65 years later when documents get declassified, they’ll claim they knew all along 😂 I try to lead them to water, but do they ever drink?
minus-squareNakoichi [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·12 days agoYou can lead a lib to sources, but you can’t make them think.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·12 days agoThe effectiveness of Western propaganda lies in its alignment with preexisting biases. When narratives depicting China as inherently oppressive or barbaric are disseminated, they perfectly fit with Orientalist worldviews these people hold.
minus-squaredavel@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-212 days ago10 I know China did that bad thing because China Bad™. 20 I know China Bad™ because, as we’ve already determined, they did that bad thing. 30 GOTO 10
Like, every single time.
And then, 15–65 years later when documents get declassified, they’ll claim they knew all along 😂
I try to lead them to water, but do they ever drink?
You can lead a lib to sources, but you can’t make them think.
The effectiveness of Western propaganda lies in its alignment with preexisting biases. When narratives depicting China as inherently oppressive or barbaric are disseminated, they perfectly fit with Orientalist worldviews these people hold.
10I know China did that bad thing because China Bad™.20I know China Bad™ because, as we’ve already determined, they did that bad thing.30GOTO 10