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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

you can truly convince a westerner of anything

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Like, every single time.

And then, 15–65 years later when documents get declassified, they’ll claim they knew all along 😂

I try to lead them to water, but do they ever drink?

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

You can lead a lib to sources, but you can't make them think.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The effectiveness of Western propaganda lies in its alignment with preexisting biases. When narratives depicting China as inherently oppressive or barbaric are disseminated, they perfectly fit with Orientalist worldviews these people hold.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

10 I know China did that bad thing because, as I already know, China Bad™.
20 I know China Bad™ because, as I already know, it did that bad thing.
30 GOTO 10

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_organ_harvesting_from_Falun_Gong_practitioners_in_China

In December 2018, a non-governmental tribunal known as the China Tribunal, chaired by British barrister Sir Geoffrey Nice KC, concluded: "unanimously, and sure beyond a reasonable doubt—that in China forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience has been practiced for a substantial period of time involving a very substantial number of victims."[16][17] China eventually admitted that it had engaged in systematic organ harvesting from death row prisoners,[8] though it denies that such an organ harvesting program is ongoing.[1]

[8] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-the-face-of-criticism-china-has-been-cleaning-up-its-organ-transplant-industry/2017/09/14/d689444e-e1a2-11e6-a419-eefe8eff0835_story.html

[1]https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellness/crimes-against-humanity-is-china-killing-political-prisoners-for-their-organs-20191105-p537md.html

[16] https://chinatribunal.com/

[17] https://theowp.org/reports/china-is-forcibly-harvesting-organs-from-prisoners-of-conscience-tribunal-rules/

We know how imperial authoritarians operate.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

you keep on guzzling your state propaganda kiddo 🤣

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We know how imperial authoritarians operate.

Yes, we do: The blueprint of regime change operations | How regime change happens in the 21st century with your consent

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Your going to need something fresher than that if you want to stay ahead of the infestation of imperialists.

Try learning about Imperial Post-Modernism under Hypermodern Authoritarianism

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

How regime change happens in the 21st century

Your going to need something fresher than that

Sure thing, time traveler 👍

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Try learning about Imperial Post-Modernism under Hypermodern Authoritarianism

I’ll be sure look into that strung-together five-dollar word theory that you just made up 👍