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> "this didn't start in China, this actually started in America." How did the reasoning work here? Not sure if this speaks to poor education, propaganda, somet
by nonethewiser 4y ago
> "this didn't start in China, this actually started in America."
How did the reasoning work here? Not sure if this speaks to poor education, propaganda, something else, or all of the above.
- kwere 4y agofort derrick narrative
- elbigbad 4y agoProbably the same way conservative media portrays US joblessness as starting from other countries and their immigrants, and it’s clear that people who consume that media really buy into that way of thinking. People in echo chambers are particularly vulnerable to this sort of propaganda I expect.
- STM32F030R8 4y agoThis isn’t a narrative I’ve seen in conservative media. Kind of ironic to bring up echo chambers after that lol.
- nonethewiser 4y agoI get what you’re saying. I haven’t seen that example from conservative media though. Most of the narratives I see center around illegal immigration, drugs, drain on social services, etc.
- simonh 4y agoThere's a conspiracy theory propagated in China that Covid was a biological weapon spread in Wuhan by Americans visiting during an international sporting event in late 2019.
- paganel 4y agoBased on organisations like the infamous NED [1]. [1] https://www.ned.org/region/asia/hong-kong-china-2021/ https://www.ned.org/region/asia/hong-kong-china-2021/
- dumpster_fire 4y agoTake a step back and look at how the US blames China for all its woes. Looks the same to me as a non-American non-Chinese. Ideas planted to distract from underlying issues.
- coupdejarnac 4y agoI've followed the Covid situation from the very beginning in Chinese media. The propaganda was immediate and overwhelming.