I did not expect them to angle this piece like they did. If I wanted to slander China and worked for FT, i'd make the argument that this degree is an outlier when it comes to the market, since the people who get political education in China are mostly the ones who are already set up for a good political job / have the connections required to be in political office.
For the record I don't actually think this is true, but surely you can twist this headline / article significantly better than what FT is doing here. It's not like FT is one of those places that shies away from making shit up about China, so why not at least make it plausible? Also the random quote in the middle about the degree being branwashing is :chefs-kiss:
All in all I give this a 3/10. Put more effort into your propaganda you freaks.
I 100% agree with your statement there, but I still feel slightly annoyed that the propaganda isn't better. At the very least they should be attempting to dismiss it, because otherwise it doesn't function as propaganda. But I have a suspicion that they don't want their readers to get too many ideas, since a good portion of their readers probably have business interests in China and would like to see that they remain there.
I mean, I do get kind of annoyed that anticommunist propaganda isn't better, because im already paying for it. This is one of the ways that my surplus value is used, and its fucking pathetic.
Marketing isn't any more or less evil than anything I've done. I've just taken a new job at an insurance company and I'm pretty sure everyone above my immediate manager is a litteral vampire. Might honestly try bringing holy water to my next "employee engagement meeting" or whatever they call it, the one where you discuss whether you should get a raise or not.
I did not expect them to angle this piece like they did. If I wanted to slander China and worked for FT, i'd make the argument that this degree is an outlier when it comes to the market, since the people who get political education in China are mostly the ones who are already set up for a good political job / have the connections required to be in political office. For the record I don't actually think this is true, but surely you can twist this headline / article significantly better than what FT is doing here. It's not like FT is one of those places that shies away from making shit up about China, so why not at least make it plausible? Also the random quote in the middle about the degree being branwashing is :chefs-kiss:
All in all I give this a 3/10. Put more effort into your propaganda you freaks.
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I 100% agree with your statement there, but I still feel slightly annoyed that the propaganda isn't better. At the very least they should be attempting to dismiss it, because otherwise it doesn't function as propaganda. But I have a suspicion that they don't want their readers to get too many ideas, since a good portion of their readers probably have business interests in China and would like to see that they remain there.
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I mean, I do get kind of annoyed that anticommunist propaganda isn't better, because im already paying for it. This is one of the ways that my surplus value is used, and its fucking pathetic.
Yeah I work in marketing and I am so, so sorry. I just wanted to make things look pretty with Photoshop when I took the job.
Marketing isn't any more or less evil than anything I've done. I've just taken a new job at an insurance company and I'm pretty sure everyone above my immediate manager is a litteral vampire. Might honestly try bringing holy water to my next "employee engagement meeting" or whatever they call it, the one where you discuss whether you should get a raise or not.