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I'll get downvoted for it, but the lot of it is around gender ideology and feminism. It's also around the general infantilisation of younger populations in the

I'll get downvoted for it, but the lot of it is around gender ideology and feminism. It's also around the general infantilisation of younger populations in the West (i.e., promotion of victimhood as a virtue). As for a why: look at the parallel of how the Chinese raise their youth, specifically in relation to combat and military service [1]. If your biggest adversary is the United States/its Western allies and you intend to perform a military strike down the road, it's in your best interest to weaken their fighting population physically and mentally to an extent where they're either non-existent or easily destroyed. That military strike could either be Taiwan, or, on the continental United States in conjunction with other BRICS countries (namely, Russia and now, Iran and Saudi Arabia). I get that the idea is unsavory and triggering (just me having to say that is evidence that the campaign was/is successful), but it's a reality that people need to be aware of in the West. Western hegemony is coming to an end and the geopolitical vultures are taking flight. [1] https://bitterwinter.org/compulsory-military-education-chinese-students/ https://bitterwinter.org/compulsory-military-education-chine...

JPws_Prntr_Fngr 4y ago
The fact is, the modern Western mind is built entirely with advertising, propaganda, and mass-media manipulation. I'm sure foreign adversaries are attempting to use these mechanisms to weaken us too, but even if they somehow weren't, domestic market forces are sufficient to turn our brains to mush. You think you're a rebellious independent-minded feminist sticking it to the patriarchy (or [insert identity here])? Yeah maybe, but you're also being tricked into spending money on stupid unhealthy shit by a real-life cartoon villain. [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torches_of_Freedom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torches_of_Freedom
- rglover 4y ago
  Correct.
raydev 4y ago
So when would you say that China started this operation? 10/15 years ago when Tumblr was arguably at its cultural peak? Maybe when Obama was elected? Or 25/30 years ago when MTV was one of the first national TV stations broadcasting LGBTQ-friendly content several hours a day? Or maybe in the 70s/80s when the message began spreading across the "liberal elite" institutions? Because the things you talk about in your first sentence saw their rise many years ago, and you are only seeing people in relative positions of power now who were raised or grew their careers in places surrounded by these ideas. And they've been raising kids along the way. It stands to reason their kids might be a little more radical. Quite the long game China is playing! Can you describe how TikTok's algorithm works? Because there's plenty of people on TikTok who only see street fights, or only rich person fridge organization, or military life "pov"s. Or Minecraft gameplay. And so on. TikTok is known for providing hyper-local content too, so if you're in say, rural Mississippi, you're less likely to see the feminism and gender ideology videos.
- rglover 4y ago
  In the case of TikTok, I'd argue it was China seizing an opportunity, not so much being the progenitor.

JPws_Prntr_Fngr 4y ago

The fact is, the modern Western mind is built entirely with advertising, propaganda, and mass-media manipulation. I'm sure foreign adversaries are attempting to use these mechanisms to weaken us too, but even if they somehow weren't, domestic market forces are sufficient to turn our brains to mush. You think you're a rebellious independent-minded feminist sticking it to the patriarchy (or [insert identity here])? Yeah maybe, but you're also being tricked into spending money on stupid unhealthy shit by a real-life cartoon villain. [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torches_of_Freedom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torches_of_Freedom

rglover 4y ago
Correct.

raydev 4y ago

So when would you say that China started this operation? 10/15 years ago when Tumblr was arguably at its cultural peak? Maybe when Obama was elected? Or 25/30 years ago when MTV was one of the first national TV stations broadcasting LGBTQ-friendly content several hours a day? Or maybe in the 70s/80s when the message began spreading across the "liberal elite" institutions? Because the things you talk about in your first sentence saw their rise many years ago, and you are only seeing people in relative positions of power now who were raised or grew their careers in places surrounded by these ideas. And they've been raising kids along the way. It stands to reason their kids might be a little more radical. Quite the long game China is playing! Can you describe how TikTok's algorithm works? Because there's plenty of people on TikTok who only see street fights, or only rich person fridge organization, or military life "pov"s. Or Minecraft gameplay. And so on. TikTok is known for providing hyper-local content too, so if you're in say, rural Mississippi, you're less likely to see the feminism and gender ideology videos.

rglover 4y ago
In the case of TikTok, I'd argue it was China seizing an opportunity, not so much being the progenitor.