https://twitter.com/MessageFromLen/status/1414438408806612995
Of course if they pick socialist symbols then all the protestors are suddenly paid actors.
carrying socialist symbols in socialist countries: Brainwashed, paid actors, smelly
carrying American flags in socialist countries: Pure hearted, democratic, sexy
That's why socialist countries are so poor, they have to pay all these actors
Odd how all the oppression is concentrated in countries the US doesn’t like.
Another good thing to remember here (besides the common thread of the U.S. stirring up shit in all these countries) is that -- just like Americans are generally ignorant about other countries, and project on them what they want to believe -- the same thing also happens in reverse. I recently listened to an interview of a professor who's worked extensively with Chinese academics, and he reported that they were far more optimistic about key aspects of the U.S. than anyone here would be (they were more optimistic than the professor and the host interviewing him, too). I believe Parenti gets into this a bit in Blackshirts and Reds, too.
most people from the developing world have a very idealized view of America. like a lot of people really buy into the American Dream thing. this is especially true for middle class and up people, which might even have greater cultural identification to the US due to media consumption than to their own country and countrymates.
One of the replies says "we love Trump and God bless America." Really tells me all I need to know
Oppressed people love me! I'm great! Gonna bring them lots of freedom! Good guys in! Bad guy... OUT! We're going to do a lot of winning, folks.
He has a fucking Shah pfp too. Of course.
If only they Romanov’d the fucking bastard, then I wouldn’t have to hear so much about him from Iranian gusanos.
Now make this meme but it's the actually oppressed global south and their symbol is the hammer and sickle.
Can also include a picture of a hammer and sickle flag being waved at a BLM protest in the US as the last panel.
You just know this guy closed his eyes and imagined himself as Don Draper when he tweeted this.
Anyone who waves a US flag that isn’t on fire
in those countriesis a psycho