gandalf_der_12te@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWhen we explain to other people how our capitalist system works and they recoil in horrori.ibb.coexternal-linkmessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up11.03Karrow-down140
arrow-up1985arrow-down1external-linkWhen we explain to other people how our capitalist system works and they recoil in horrori.ibb.cogandalf_der_12te@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square83fedilink
minus-squareconditional_soup@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·8 hours agoSo, the joke here is that you’ve got someone, presumably a Chinese official, saying a reality about America in a startling way that sounds like completely cooked up propaganda but isn’t.
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoIt would still be propaganda. Propaganda doesn’t have to be false.
minus-squareconditional_soup@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoRight, yes, but the joke is that it’s said in such a way as to sound like an outright fabrication.
So, the joke here is that you’ve got someone, presumably a Chinese official, saying a reality about America in a startling way that sounds like completely cooked up propaganda but isn’t.
It would still be propaganda. Propaganda doesn’t have to be false.
Right, yes, but the joke is that it’s said in such a way as to sound like an outright fabrication.