☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months agoIt's complicatedlemmy.mlimagemessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months 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 [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-28 months 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
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