Yes it's some-controversy propaganda and it is a heck a lot better than a multi billion arms sale presser that amerikkka puts out in it's media.

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  • HexBroke [any, comrade/them]
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    15 days ago

    Yes it's propaganda

    Is it propaganda if it's true? China has been setting new fusion records every other year for the last decade with their EAST reactor

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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      15 days ago

      information, ideas, opinions, or images, often only giving one part of an argument, that are broadcast, published, or in some other way spread with the intention of influencing people's opinions:

      This is one common definition of propaganda from the Cambridge dictionary. The negative connotation is not necessarily part of the word.

      Strictly speaking, even ad campaigns like "brush your teeth" are a form of propaganda.

      • HexBroke [any, comrade/them]
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        15 days ago

        I think the original meaning is a bit archaic now, even if it lives on in some forms like agitprop

        • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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          15 days ago

          Probably out of line with the commonly understood meaning of the word, yeah.

          But that just means it's very effective to pull as a gotcha on a smuglord lib.

    • emizeko [they/them]
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      15 days ago

      'propaganda' doesn't have to be false, it means something that has a viewpoint to promote. (digression: the words "publicity" and "propaganda" map to the same phrase in Chinese. the capitalist west uses "propaganda" to mean publicity that doesn't favor its narrative.) once you realize that liberals' beloved "objectivity" is a myth and everyone is biased by their material conditions, the supposed negative connotation is minimized

      As we say on the show over and over again the atomic unit of propaganda is not lies, it's emphasis.

      Citations Needed Ep 113: Hollywood and Anti-Muslim Racism (Part I) — Action and Adventure Schlock

    • Hestia [comrade/them, she/her]
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      15 days ago

      Just because something's true doesn't mean it's not propaganda.

      We spread communist propaganda all the time here. It's praxis.

    • Evilphd666 [he/him, comrade/them]
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      15 days ago

      I had a db0 troll last China tech post whining about it being straight up Chinese propaganda and "a bit much". So it is to pre-empt that.

    • ZWQbpkzl [none/use name]
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      15 days ago

      The entire article linked is exactly a one sentence long. The video has one more sentence. Absolutely nothing specific about what the breakthrough is. Not even a link to more info. This is just lazy.