gandalf_der_12te@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhen we explain to other people how our capitalist system works and they recoil in horrori.ibb.coexternal-linkmessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up11.15Karrow-down144cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up11.1Karrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square115fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareconditional_soup@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·1 month 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-up1·1 month agoIt would still be propaganda. Propaganda doesn’t have to be false.
minus-squareconditional_soup@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month 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.