Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Canada@lemmy.ca · 5 months agoChina Secretly Executed Four Canadians. A Former Prisoner Explains Whythewalrus.caexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down10
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minus-squareCatherineLily@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-25 months ago Chinese officialdom has abhorred drugs since the Qing Dynasty, when opium ravaged society and sparked the humiliating Opium Wars. Anyone with a functioning brain wouldn’t want drug trafficking in their country. Propaganda narratives still invoke opium as part of a “bitter memory” of foreign exploitation. How is it propaganda when it is clearly foreign exploitation?
minus-squarenyan@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·5 months ago How is it propaganda when it is clearly foreign exploitation? Propaganda doesn’t have to be false, just slanted. Cherry-picking facts that support your chosen narrative can still be propaganda.
Anyone with a functioning brain wouldn’t want drug trafficking in their country.
How is it propaganda when it is clearly foreign exploitation?
Propaganda doesn’t have to be false, just slanted. Cherry-picking facts that support your chosen narrative can still be propaganda.