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China is flooding Taiwan with disinformation: With elections looming, China wants Taiwanese voters to think America is their greatest threat (www.economist.com)

submitted 1 year ago by BitOneZero@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] Sina@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Given enough exposure to propaganda you can get the working masses to believe whatever you want.

I've seen this first hand in Hungary. 20 years ago everyone was pro EU. Kids such as myself were dreaming about eventually becoming part of the US of Europe & while that was never realistic, the adults were also hoping for a better future in the EU. Before Covid we finally -kind of- got that better future, things have improved tremendously, but slowly over time propaganda completely turned the public opinion around. I'm convinced most people really don't like thinking on their own about issues.. Now even my 10-12 year old nephews know & believe that Brussels is the worst city on Earth with all the people being certifiably insane there. These days whenever I hear people talk politics It always starts with 'EU bad'.. (Though I too am reluctant to talk about my views openly nowadays, so no chance of anyone hearing that)

Perhaps Taiwan or even the US should invest more in more targeted western propaganda to counteract the Chinese influence, but this just sounds horrible, I effin hate propaganda.