Always amazing to watch people realizing how they're being brainwashed about China by western propaganda.
Always amazing to watch people realizing how they're being brainwashed about China by western propaganda.
Major props to people posting these, and sharing to others that they've been lied to. Western powers want to instill a culture of fear about saying anything positive about China, like a psychological hurdle we have to jump over, because it could earn us the vitriol of friends and family.
50Normalizing talking positively about China is honestly one of the important things that we can do right now.
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This is still a hot take in most western circles. I really hope that tiktok turns up the propaganda now that it's going to be banned anyway, especially during an election year to make more people see videos like this.
My vibes-based analysis is that Japan is a US ally, and it still took something like 20 years for a majority of westerners to think of it as a nice place. China will be subject to relentless propaganda, so I think it's probably going to be around 2030 or later when most westerners realize China is a nice place.
It's a pity to see 西方人小看中国. I guess the silver lining is that with racist western chauvinism clouding the vision of imperialists, they will continue delusional policies that underestimate China and overestimate their own capability, which is ultimately a soft strategic advantage for China.
43I think a big factor today is that living standards in the west are rapidly collapsing. This leads to loss of faith in the system, and by extension into regime propaganda. When people start realizing that their government is lying to them about everything, then it's not a huge leap to start asking why China is being demonized so much.
33I hope you’re right. I am probably just in a filter bubble on yt, but seeing organic content (i.e. not spooks) give this commentary about toronto contrasting with this commentary about China within such a short period (on a western platform!) seems to be a leading indicator that reality is catching up with media perception
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There definitely could have been smog when she was growing up. Modern China is a society that is changing quickly.
36Americans (and by extension, Canadians) are so racist they don't even realize how racist they are.
What separates a "racist" from a normal person is who they get angry at when you point it out.
35Canadians are the most annoying (to me, since I live here) because they always spout how not racist Canada and Canadians are and get so stupefied when something super racist happens. Like, be fucking for real.
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The new policy of relaxing visa requirements for European states is just going to accelerate this.
24Yeah, that was an amazing move by China.
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It required a marriage. Ouch.
15Can you protest and/or talk negatively about the government online?
-20not if you live under oppressive regimes like the US
24In China: Yes, sure. Most famously the COVID restrictions were dropped after protests. As for talking about the govenrment online in anegative way, no problem. Just do not promote seperatism, terrorism or racial chauvinism of any kind.
In the US: You might get a visit from homeland security and the police might kill you for no reason.
22COVID protests... From December 2022
Also, IDK about you but is it a personal past time to want a government regime changed?
11YES. There are actual official channels where you can file complaints, but it's not like you can't levy criticisms against the government, how else would they meet the people's needs and have a 90% approval rating?
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