I really don't care for how everything the Bad Guy Countries do has to be some "scheme" full of "ambitions." it's always such loaded language, and it is so normalised people think you're a crank for displaying basic media literacy and pointing out the bias here.

Also it's all kinds of fucked up how they will portray western countries with human leadership, but the bad guy countries are portrayed by animals and fictional creatures, to make them seem more savage and dangerous and literally inhuman. Even if the bear and dragon holding hands is kind of adorable.

[–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 26 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Honestly, I swear, these people cannot draw a "scary bear" that doesn't look hug shaped. Couldn't do it during the Cold War when they were using the Soviet Bear as a scare image, couldn't do it when they used to draw China as a panda bear, still can't do it when they draw Russia as a grizzly bear.

And even now that they've switched to drawing China as a dragon, the dragons are just as cute as the panda bears were. A little less hug shaped, but even more boopable.

[–] laziestflagellant@hexbear.net 26 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

To be fair, the image is AI generated, you ask it for simplified cartoon bear and dragon holding hands and its probably going to spit out something cute it ripped from etsy and redbubble stores

[–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 18 points 3 weeks ago

That explains a lot.

Wow, those USAID funding cuts hitting hard, anti China propagandists can't afford real art? That's kinda funny.

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