Someone posted a succinct wojak meme of this but it doesn't even do it justice
Western opinion of other countries is far worse than the reality of the country is.
Chinese (or any non-west) opinion of the West, is always way more favorable than the west actually is.
Even the few anti-western things that Chinese people are exposed to (healthcare costs in US, ineffective trainbuilding in US/UK/Europe) are just material. Chinese people do not know about things like Tulsa, let alone the other 1000 massacres equivalent to Tulsa that even Americans don't know about
Because of Chinese censorship laws, Chinese do not see the videos of American police officers releasing 50 shots into an unarmed already-detained man because a squirrel farted somewhere nearby
Anti-Western propaganda does not exist. And even a balanced reality of the West does not exist. ALL mainstream viewpoints on the PLANET are pro-western, sometimes even moreso if they DON'T speak english
No, but there's Vietnam, Cuba. I mean, a significant chunk of Michael Moore's career was spent on trying to inform people about Cuba's healthcare system. The opportunities have been there. Again, XHS has been around for years. But under normal circumstances, the average person has their head too filled with exceptionalist lies and non-stop cultural brainwashing to even consider questioning the hegemonic culture. Don't get me wrong, I think this awesome, but realistically, it's probably a flash in the pan. Much like with Bernie or covid, we'll see some radicalization of a minority splinter off while the rest go back to their
illusions. It's another small step forward of a long process. If there's anything that really does give me pause, and a bit of hope, is that this is happening amongst influencers. Like, except maybe soldiers, I couldn't ask for a better skilled group of folks to radicalize at this stage of the struggle than those intimately familiar with gaming the system to get information in front of eyeballs. 