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NYT copes that people traveling to China are undermining their narrative
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It doesn't need to be smart or clean. The propaganda runs so deep and so complete that "China Bad" is almosy quite literally the every waking thought of anyone in the global north who isn't a socialist. The propaganda doesn't even need to say anything anymore, liberals will simply fabricate whatever scares them the most, and if people ever point out the flaws in the propaganda, they'll just laugh and say that it could be real and that's the scary part etc
For me at least, it's one of the scariest parts of modern (western) culture, the complete denial and unwillingness to address reality. WWatching people believe quite literally any shit you can cook up about China or NK. But as soon as you say "uh actually they're just normal human beings" you're decried as an insane person.
Comparing liberals to the insane is an insult to insane people
I mean sure I agree, but I also actually didn't compare liberals to the insane.
the absolute shock of the people i work with when i say anything positive about "bad China" is all the anecdotal proof i need to know how true this is
Try it out in your life, point out any well-documented objectively good thing China has done recently. This could be curing Diabetes, building thousands and thousands of km of high speed rail, meeting their 2030 green energy goals ahead of schedule, eliminating extreme poverty, etc.
In nearly 100% of cases, in America at least, they will retort with a “but at what costs” or “that’s made up”. The only exception is certain Chinese people, fellow MLs, or people with direct firsthand knowledge and experience of China.
I hate how true this is.
the typical American imaginary is and has been marinating in sinophobia, coming from every media source since I've been alive. from newspapers, erudite periodicals, live anchors, and "sober" non fiction books to fictional TV shows on broadcast, cable, and premium channels. shows that have nothing to do with "politics" or have any international scope throw in subplots about how scary and dangerous and undemocratic life in China is.
the single piece we see and snort at today is just another pinch of salt or drop of vinegar in a long running process that has more layers of interlocking parts than the gods have faces.
this is the maintenance of the superstructure.
It's the case for most socialists in the global north too