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Thats how most propaganda works. Russia, for example, has been publicizing cases of extreme racism in the US for years to demoralize black people. [1] Hell this

Thats how most propaganda works. Russia, for example, has been publicizing cases of extreme racism in the US for years to demoralize black people. [1] Hell this has been going on since WWII, when other countries saw how the US treated their black troops, and used it to damage loyalty. [2] Nothing works like the truth, if the US could just stop being so racist it'd be that much harder to divide us. It seems like that's fundementally against our nature though. 1. https://www.npr.org/2017/10/30/560042987/russians-targeted-u-s-racial-divisions-long-before-2016-and-black-lives-matter https://www.npr.org/2017/10/30/560042987/russians-targeted-u... 2. https://perspectives.ushmm.org/item/german-leaflet-for-black-american-soldiers https://perspectives.ushmm.org/item/german-leaflet-for-black...

epolanski 2y ago
US is a racist country though, at least at the government level. See how BLM and January 6th demonstrations got treated.
- jimmygrapes 2y ago
  It took bipartisan pardons/commutations across 2 disparately ideological faction leaders to even the outcomes for both groups of people who purportedly aimed to overthrow the government that let them all be free.
  - philosopher1234 2y ago
    So the outcomes are even now?
  - ToucanLoucan 2y ago
    Black Lives Matter only sought to "overthrow" the system in place if you presume first that racism is a core component of it.
    - gnkyfrg 2y ago
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lenerdenator 2y ago
The thing that makes it a wedge issue that's useful for propaganda isn't that the US is racist, it's that the US is racist while (ostensibly) aspiring to be more in its creed.
cscurmudgeon 2y ago
The funny thing is Russia an China can claim to be less racist as they are homogenous societies.
- commiepatrol 2y ago
  Russia is homogenous? Interesting.
  - eszed 2y ago
    China is homogeneous?
- dralley 2y ago
  ... What? That is completely nonsense. Absolutely ludicrous. Neither Russia nor China are homogenous. Both have large Muslim minorities (and both are be pretty racist against them). Eastern Russians are not European descended and are looked down on by Western Russians. Tibetans are not Han Chinese. Even the Asian nations that actually are pretty "homogenous" like Japan and Korea are also famously pretty racist.
  - kelipso 2y ago
    There are also a ton of other ethnic groups in China and the government just call them all Han Chinese. Tons of ethnic groups in Russia too. These are countries with very long histories that span a large area, with many areas that were multiple kingdoms, tribes, etc. Makes perfect sense that they would have a lot of different ethnic groups.
- lovich 2y ago
  If you were not aware, Russia is famously diverse and a large number of their oblasts(province level equivalent jurisdictions) are drawn up along ethnic lines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Russia
- rsynnott 2y ago
  ... Homogenous in _what way_?! They're both the remnants of large land empires, each incorporating many ethnicities, languages, religions... They are not at all homogenous. Like, that whole thing with the Uyghurs, what did you think that was about? Or Chechnya?
mayneack 2y ago
There's a museum in Shanghai with posters going back to Mao that take the same strategy. Lots of highlighting American racism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_Poster_Art_Centre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_Poster_Art_Centre https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g308272-d1887174-Reviews-Shanghai_Propaganda_Poster_Art_Centre-Shanghai.html https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g308272-d18871...
gnkyfrg 2y ago
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epolanski 2y ago

US is a racist country though, at least at the government level. See how BLM and January 6th demonstrations got treated.

jimmygrapes 2y ago
It took bipartisan pardons/commutations across 2 disparately ideological faction leaders to even the outcomes for both groups of people who purportedly aimed to overthrow the government that let them all be free.
- philosopher1234 2y ago
  So the outcomes are even now?
- ToucanLoucan 2y ago
  Black Lives Matter only sought to "overthrow" the system in place if you presume first that racism is a core component of it.
  - gnkyfrg 2y ago
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lenerdenator 2y ago

The thing that makes it a wedge issue that's useful for propaganda isn't that the US is racist, it's that the US is racist while (ostensibly) aspiring to be more in its creed.

cscurmudgeon 2y ago

The funny thing is Russia an China can claim to be less racist as they are homogenous societies.

commiepatrol 2y ago
Russia is homogenous? Interesting.
- eszed 2y ago
  China is homogeneous?
dralley 2y ago
... What? That is completely nonsense. Absolutely ludicrous. Neither Russia nor China are homogenous. Both have large Muslim minorities (and both are be pretty racist against them). Eastern Russians are not European descended and are looked down on by Western Russians. Tibetans are not Han Chinese. Even the Asian nations that actually are pretty "homogenous" like Japan and Korea are also famously pretty racist.
- kelipso 2y ago
  There are also a ton of other ethnic groups in China and the government just call them all Han Chinese. Tons of ethnic groups in Russia too. These are countries with very long histories that span a large area, with many areas that were multiple kingdoms, tribes, etc. Makes perfect sense that they would have a lot of different ethnic groups.
lovich 2y ago
If you were not aware, Russia is famously diverse and a large number of their oblasts(province level equivalent jurisdictions) are drawn up along ethnic lines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Russia
rsynnott 2y ago
... Homogenous in _what way_?! They're both the remnants of large land empires, each incorporating many ethnicities, languages, religions... They are not at all homogenous. Like, that whole thing with the Uyghurs, what did you think that was about? Or Chechnya?

mayneack 2y ago

There's a museum in Shanghai with posters going back to Mao that take the same strategy. Lots of highlighting American racism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_Poster_Art_Centre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_Poster_Art_Centre https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g308272-d1887174-Reviews-Shanghai_Propaganda_Poster_Art_Centre-Shanghai.html https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g308272-d18871...

gnkyfrg 2y ago

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