I’m sure Xi is beyond having his feelings hurt by Biden, but just look at Bilken’s reaction lmao.

Inviting a head of state to your country to publicly insult them is unacceptable anywhere, so this is only going to further tarnish the shitty reputation of American diplomacy.

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Yeah I’ve noticed that here too. It seems like the final stage of disinfo is for people to repeat the lie on their own without any outside influence. It’s the same deal with the Uyghur thing - official government sources dropped the narrative ages ago, but you’ll still hear it repeated as if it were historical fact from journalists, influencers, redditors, etc.

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Russiagate was comprehensively debunked by years of bipartisan congressional investigations, and yet the idea that Vladimir Putin personally overthrew the United States government and will again unless militarily removed from power is still hegemonic among American liberals. 25 years of celebrating peaceful coexistence with the “triumph of liberal democracy” in Russia and overnight they’re all Joe McCarthy swearing an eternal crusade against the hated Muscovite.

Rather than instant and comprehensive systems of brainwashing, I think this is better understood as licensing American settlers to unleash their preexisting white supremacist worldview onto a politically acceptable target. "Correcting the disinformation " doesn’t eliminate the bigotry, because the disinformation didn’t put it there. The “disinformation”, even when they know it’s bullshit, is just a social signal that they’ll no longer be stigmatized for saying what they’ve always wanted to believe.

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I couldn’t agree more with that second paragraph. I think you’ll enjoy this article very much https://redsails.org/masses-elites-and-rebels/. All this propaganda just gives the settlers a veil to spew their hate from behind. Chuds don’t really need it because they’re chuds, but it gives the liberals an excuse to be just as disgusting - only they’ll dress it up in smug, condescending language.

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That article is what I’m shamelessly regurgitating here. It really resonated with me, and now I see it everywhere.

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Ya I don’t think libs are brainwashed either. I read that red sails essay too and I agree with it but idk what better word there is to describe this. Bigotry permit? Hate pass?

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What do you think is lacking from the term used in the essay, “licensing”?

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The red scare ended because all Americans became McCarthyists

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Fuuuuuck I wish lived to see this era of politics

We would’ve without a doubt gotten some bangers

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