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[–] 201dberg@lemmygrad.ml 51 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You know what I hate about the term "corrupt"? Part of the meaning is "not working the way it's intended" and I find that funny because only in a communist country does the term " corrupt politician" actually coincide with the way in which the west uses it.

To explain, the west likes to say " corrupt politician" as a way to describe someone taking bribes from corporations and ather big money and oligarchs. Except this is a capitalist system. The government is supposed to work that way, but the oligarchy doesn't want you to know that. So they use all these false narratives to make you THINK that you are living in a society that is supposed to work for the working man, but as we know, it doesn't.

The funny thing is, in this instance, they are actually using the term the right way. An actual corrupt politician in China is one that's in bed with the the big business and the capitalist class and I think that the wests narrative is starting to show.

This article almost looks as if they are hinting that demonizing the corrupt politicians and businesses is bad because by a capitalists system, the "corrupt" are actually the ones doing what they were always supposed to be doing. Fucking over the proletariate to benefit the capitalist.

Does this make sense? lol

[–] basedposter@lemmygrad.ml 50 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Unrelated to this, I've always found it amusing when the western media use the communist emblem in order to make the communist party seem super powerful. When they show them, they always use the communist symbol and it's weirdly artistic. That makes me feel powerful too, since the communists fight for people like me!

edit : The more people realize their position as workers in their country and the world, the more they will see this propaganda technique for what it is. It will only empower the working class in the end, in my opinion.

It is likely the western media will eventually turn its back on this tactic and portray them as incompetent and disorganized. It's obvious what the propaganda technique is if you Google “China cpc” and look at the images.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 40 points 1 year ago

Really undermines the whole narrative that Communism is an outdated and irrelevant ideology.

[–] SovereignState@lemmygrad.ml 46 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Watch In The Name of the People.

It's a Chinese cop show, but instead of poor black people like in Amerika, they hunt down corrupt party officials and bourgeois scum circumventing Chinese law. It's amazing and available for free with English subs on YouTube.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 37 points 1 year ago

Ooh thanks, I've just been looking for a new show, and get to practice my Mandarin a bit!

[–] juchebot88@lemmygrad.ml 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"In socialist China, workers have their rights!"

In the US, the best portrayal of class consciousness we have is people understanding that Mr. burns is generally not a good guy on the Simpsons

[–] ComradeChairmanKGB@lemmygrad.ml 34 points 1 year ago

Common China W

[–] WaterBowlSlime@lemmygrad.ml 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Is "China Television" a specific channel or did the author mean to write Chinese Television? I'm too poor to read the article

Edit: The article is talking about the Zero Tolerance docuseries made by CGTN. idk what's up with the headline, is it improper to use adjectives in titles?

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] WaterBowlSlime@lemmygrad.ml 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you!! 🙏

This is just a glorified plot synopsis. It belongs on a fan wiki not a news site. I think the author came up with a headline first and scrambled together the article later.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

You're right I think. Right at the end there is some commentary, however it's more like when an article uses Twitter posts to pad out its content.

[–] NothingButBits@lemmygrad.ml 31 points 1 year ago

Oh no! The horror! Won't someone think of the robber barons?!

[–] soekarnoenjoyer@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 1 year ago

Same energy as 'Wont Somebody think of those poor Billionares?"

[–] ksdhf@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 1 year ago

But at what cost? :(

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] sparkingcircuit@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To get around the paywall, the Bypass Paywall extension (Firefox and Chrome) works great!

[–] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've never gotten that to work on any of the sites it's supposed to work on for some reason

[–] sparkingcircuit@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Strange... I've never had a problem with it. I use the extended support release of Firefox, maybe it works better on some versions of the supported browsers than others?

[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm sure the fact that China jails and executes billionaires in real life is far more scary for US oligarchs.

[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 1 year ago

Nothing scares them like breaking their illusion of invincibility.

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