‘Soft power’ is even more important during times of sharp words and military bluster, but the cultural appeal of American culture and ideas has waned in China.
It’s funny because even as a kid I would watch the news and think “lol USA sux”, when given the right rebellious priming as a youth their propaganda has the opposite effect.
I was super fortunate to have good teachers and parents, like my mom would complain about biased curriculum and say “Don’t let school get in the way of your education.” I thought it was genius and that she came up with it but I learned much later it’s a Mark Twain quote lol.
I’m going to start a new US news channel that just shows the same broadcast as another but over it I say “You all deserve this. Death to Amerikkka.” (Subtitles always shown so you know I’m saying ‘Amerikkka’ and not ‘America’)
it got posted on reddit once and a load of people were complaining about abusing public infrastructure as if it was nationalised or something and malding about hte hammer and sickle at the end iirc
That sounds identical to US media though? Videos of armed robbery are also very popular, I see it everytime I happen to watch the local news.
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It’s funny because even as a kid I would watch the news and think “lol USA sux”, when given the right rebellious priming as a youth their propaganda has the opposite effect.
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I was super fortunate to have good teachers and parents, like my mom would complain about biased curriculum and say “Don’t let school get in the way of your education.” I thought it was genius and that she came up with it but I learned much later it’s a Mark Twain quote lol.
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nightly news scaremongering about fare evasion vs. Eugene_V_Dabs’ video of turnstile jumpers in the NY metro with BASED overlaid and pumping music
I’m going to start a new US news channel that just shows the same broadcast as another but over it I say “You all deserve this. Death to Amerikkka.” (Subtitles always shown so you know I’m saying ‘Amerikkka’ and not ‘America’)
Eugene put in a lot more effort than that, I probably should have linked the video.
https://tankie.tube/w/diZe8gctzSd7SWwuw8BCNg
it got posted on reddit once and a load of people were complaining about abusing public infrastructure as if it was nationalised or something and malding about hte hammer and sickle at the end iirc
death to reddit