• eXAt [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Looked at the :reddit-logo: thread for this, maybe slightly more than half of top comments correctly calljng this bullshit. Sorted by new and saw 3 comments in the last 20 wishing for the freedom of the… Chinese people from this oppressive dictatorship.

    Do that many people think China and Korea are the same place?

      • Omega_Haxors [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        There's only so many times you can repeat the same lie before people catch on.

        • AncomCosmonaut [he/him,any]
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          3 years ago

          You would think, but there's the counter adage to that that if you repeat a lie enough times, it becomes believable. And looking around it sure as fuck seems like the latter is more accurate.

          E.g.: Capitalism good, communism bad. How often has that lie been repeated in the imperial core, and has that repetition led to the catching-on of the truth? Imo, it's the context that makes all the difference, and I wonder what the specific context is if :reddit-logo: really is improving on China. Personally, I'm skeptical that it is, and feel like it's getting worse because much of the pushback that used to exist (like say a certain notorious leftist sub) is getting purged by the three-letter agency and capitalist owners of the platform.

      • UmbraVivi [he/him, she/her]
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        3 years ago

        twitter too

        more and more left-leaning libs in my twitter sphere are catching on to how stupid some of the lies being spread are, and how hilariously onesided the reporting is