USA Politics
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GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
The state of the USA these days has made me remember this old joke:
A Soviet and an American are seated next to each other on a plane travelling from Moscow to Washington DC. The American says: "I have to hand it to you, your propaganda is very impressive". The Soviet smiles and thanks him but replies that it's nothing compared to American propaganda. Confused, the American tells him: “But we don't have propaganda."
The Soviet smiles and says "Exactly".
A Soviet and an American are seated next to each other on a plane travelling from Moscow to Washington DC. The American says: "I have to hand it to you, your propaganda is very impressive". The Soviet smiles and thanks him but replies that it's nothing compared to American propaganda. Confused, the American tells him: “But we don't have propaganda."
The Soviet smiles and says "Exactly".
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Onhell
Infinite Dreamer
I've said it once and I'll say it again. USSR/Russian propaganda is straight forward and blunt. The government owns "official" news outlets. In the U.S it is subversive, subtle. The government doesn't own news outlets. Instead billionaires do.
Vaenyr
Ancient Mariner
Precisely. You can see clearly how CNN and CBS have shifted over the years and how they are constantly sane-washing Trump's actions. Not that other networks are much better about that. Biden would yawn and you'd see a million articles about him being unfit and too old. Trump literally falls asleep in meetings, starts new wars (and thinks about getting boots on the ground!), and has his goons kidnap and murder US citizens among other things, yet the media tend to adopt the administration's framing for everything. No pushback. No journalistic integrity. It's all bought and paid for.
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
As the Soviet would say to whomever who cannot see that is the case: "Exactly".
____no5
Free Man
U.S. have elections every 2 ~4 years, plus they are free speech maniacs, so they desperate need (to manufacture) consent. Their propaganda is orders of magnitude more sophisticated than any of the regimes we've even known.
In Europe, in absence of our own social media and information space we have the exactly same propaganda but with way less free speech.
MrK
clap hands
Something something fake account something something libs lying again something something Clintons something something I guess we’ll have to wait and see
MrK
clap hands
Trump, talking about voter IDs, in which he says that 6 year old daughters are "above age".
How are you defending this one, @Detective Beauregard or any of you other Trumpers/Centrists who have gone silent around here because of us big bad libs? I'll make it a multiple choice question for you!
A. Trump was misspeaking, he meant 16 years of age (note: this is not legally nor ethically considered above age for voting, or, well, obviously, consensual sex, and this answer clearly shows that Trump's mental health is not great and/or he has no clue what the actual laws are).
B. Trump thinks it's legal for 6 year olds to have voter ID (note: this is not legally nor ethically considered above age for voting, or, well, obviously, consensual sex, and this answer clearly shows that Trump's mental health is not great and/or he has no clue what the actual laws are).
C. Trump has literally no idea what he's talking about because his mental health is not great and/or he has no clue what the actual laws are.
D. This is a Freudian slip and he's just thinking about all those young girls he loves to molest and rape.
Looking forward to your thoughts!
Here's the full video in case you want to cry about things being "taken out of context". He starts talking about voting around 47 minutes into his verbal vomit.
He also has some other gems in here like how sinking Iranian war ships is "more fun" than capturing them.
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Diesel 11
As you scream into the web of silence...
Just got gas last night and it’s a fucking crime
