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My parents have a “propaganda” book written about the US by the Soviets back in the ‘70s (it’s a Romanian translation, I’m from Romania) which was quite spot on

My parents have a “propaganda” book written about the US by the Soviets back in the ‘70s (it’s a Romanian translation, I’m from Romania) which was quite spot on, meaning it was quite on point when it came to the Vietnam War, the condition of the black population in the States, the homelessness issue (this last one scared me the most, as we didn’t really have homelessness on this side of the Wall back then). All this to say that from time to time they were on point, but, I agree, when it came to internal stuff pretty much all of it was besides the truth.

DicIfTEx 5y ago
This comment reminded me of the film Propaganda,[0] which purported to be a North Korean documentary about Western propaganda before being revealed to have been made by a pair of Kiwis.[1] Nonetheless, it managed (and still manages) to dupe a lot of people.[2] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NMr2VrhmFI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NMr2VrhmFI [1] https://www.filmsforaction.org/news/so-what-happens-when-you-make-a-fake-north-korean-propaganda-film/ https://www.filmsforaction.org/news/so-what-happens-when-you... [2] https://www.nknews.org/2013/02/truth-lies-and-propaganda-the-hoax-that-backfired/ https://www.nknews.org/2013/02/truth-lies-and-propaganda-the...