As I’ve always said, soft power is no joke and the biggest reason the US has so many immigrants. People like to say it’s actually to avoid imperialism and that’s assuming most people immigrating to the US are as versed in politics as we are.

They see Americans living it up on US shows and movies, assume everybody lives like that, and make the journey instead of moving to a wealthy country in the region that wouldn’t have been as difficult to get to.

This is where the USSR struggled. This is why Japan is beloved in countries like the Philippines by their younger generations. It’s also why South Korea is seen so positively. Shit, I’ve even seen it in my country. We have a famous singer in Latin America and people have assumed that Guatemalan men are also attractive and smooth talkers because of him.

Soft power is an absolute must and it doesn’t even need to be blatantly political. China seems to be on the right path with stuff like Genshin and Wukong, but it will be an uphill battle with how hard US media demonizes China.

Same publication that claimed Hitler wasn’t serious

I don’t see it. Isn’t dreamworks face a lot snarkier?

Of course he does. He’s the king of slop.

Was going to happen with Rubio in his cabinet

The Dems are going to continue trump’s policies anyway and maybe even add to them. Did it every other time with every preceding Republican administration.

Just look at New York. Vote Dems because republicans will be so much worse! What’s that? Democratic government is building a massive prison to rival Bukele’s dome? Huh.

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I remember when Laura Ingraham did it during the last Trump presidency

I was about to chew your ass out for insulting a classic but then I realized it was the remake I haven’t seen yet so carry on

Not too surprising. TikTok is the bigger app and most were going to return as soon as it came back. Being able to make money on it is a big incentive.

That’s pretty much every terminally online Redditor irl

So cutting off the gusanos. Will they learn that the country they worship doesn’t give a shit about them and channel that frustration into anti-American sentiments? Of course not! It’ll be the government of Cuba/Venezuela/Haiti that’s at fault.

*though Haiti’s government had been a problem but a lot of it had to do with US intervention

Surprised that guy still has influence. He’s fallen off hard recently.

I mean that app is lib central. You might as well be walking right into Shanghai.

No wonder he’s been kissing his ass for the past couple of days. Wasn’t worth it. Is the app also pushing more right-wing shit for Americans too?

Very good news. Never thought it would happen.

Her popularity is with left-leaning zoomers that aren’t too tuned into politics. Still not a big base.

I’m a little shocked to hear that. Nearly every Panamanian I’ve met loves the US.

Not looking forward to more migrant returns to Guatemala. Locals treated them like garbage last time and accused them of being walking Covid hives.

I always see Americans blame Russia for racist comments but I noticed how much they increased as soon as Americans filled up rednote and TikTok