Shows why China needs better soft power. US can do everything worse than what China has ever done and you’ll still have people whining about social credit and Chinese lack of freedom
Bears have no right to be as cute as they are. If I’m not supposed to snuggle the bear cubs, then the bear cubs shouldn’t be so cuddle shaped and made of fluffy.
I want more bear cubs demanding cuddles than can actually fit in my lap… those look so snuggly. Hell, even one bear cub to hug would be so neat.
If the Soviet Union had figured out how to use Siberian grizzlies as literal soft power, maybe we’d have gotten the good ending to the Cold War… these lil guys are so damn hug shaped. If bears not for bear hugs, bears shouldn’t be made of cute.
not possible. CIA controls all media not just in the US, but all “allied” countries. However, if I were in charge of PR/psychological operations in China I would create a website with official debunks of anti-China propaganda. Have it all in one place. There’s so much stuff that can only be found on places like /r/sino or some obscure local Chinese gov website.
Power of propaganda. USA got the largest prison population, more military bases than the romans, sanctions that kill millions world wide, software that violates privacy and anonymity like nothing else, designates anti fasicsts and anti capitalists as terrorists, does racial profiling all the fucking time but will be on some dumb family guy gag about “bad countries”.
I’m not sure whether you’re talking about government software used to spy on people, or about the ways US tech companies bundle spyware into their products for both enterprises and private households, but… yeah, that one’s a Problem.
But hey, at least the combination of certain companies being utterly shameless about that stuff and the US being viewed as absolutely fucking batshit crazy on the global stage, is causing a lot of federal and regional governments outside the US to do software sovereignty initiatives and try to cut out proprietary software from US corporations, and as a Linux nerd who has a fascination with “Official State Distros”, that trend is really fucking cool to me.
“Silver lining of US fascism in the digital age: Governments using a better operating system than horribly outdated versions of bad old Microshaft Winblows, lol!”
You know what? That is a silver lining tbh. Another that drives me up a wall is when whistleblowers expose this and they are used as proof of American transparency and praise the US still
This is masterclass in brainwashing.
Funny, for me, that’s literally the most common one of these I’ve heard. Well, other than just “Winblows” on its own. Or the old “a computer is like air conditioning, useless once you open windows” from the pre 9x era. I’ve also heard it as “Microsuck Winblows” which is a good play on “sucks” and “blows”, but doesn’t quite lambast as hard that the company shafts the users of its products, which feels almost more relevant today than it was in '95 when, AFAIK, “Microshaft Winblows” started spreading around.
Chuds be memeing about China’s “social credit” while cheering this on
Shows why China needs better soft power. US can do everything worse than what China has ever done and you’ll still have people whining about social credit and Chinese lack of freedom
Going to post my standard response to this topic:
That’s some good soft power. Who wants a bear hug?
pandas are an actual china soft power policy. china sends pandas to zoos around the world as a sign of friendship.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panda_diplomacy
Yes, that’s the point I’m making. Along with a play on “soft power” and baby animals tending to be literally soft, fluffy, and hug shaped.
It’s unfair how adorable that panda is. No country could resist that
Bears have no right to be as cute as they are. If I’m not supposed to snuggle the bear cubs, then the bear cubs shouldn’t be so cuddle shaped and made of fluffy.
Russian hamsters
I want more bear cubs demanding cuddles than can actually fit in my lap… those look so snuggly. Hell, even one bear cub to hug would be so neat.
If the Soviet Union had figured out how to use Siberian grizzlies as literal soft power, maybe we’d have gotten the good ending to the Cold War… these lil guys are so damn hug shaped. If bears not for bear hugs, bears shouldn’t be made of cute.
Ooooh… the hexagonal bear! That’s a lotta bear to hug! Fluffy! If bear not for big hug, why bear so big and made of fluffy?
regardless of the strength of chinas soft power it would be wasted on americans. the people here are by and large beyond converting
not possible. CIA controls all media not just in the US, but all “allied” countries. However, if I were in charge of PR/psychological operations in China I would create a website with official debunks of anti-China propaganda. Have it all in one place. There’s so much stuff that can only be found on places like /r/sino or some obscure local Chinese gov website.
Power of propaganda. USA got the largest prison population, more military bases than the romans, sanctions that kill millions world wide, software that violates privacy and anonymity like nothing else, designates anti fasicsts and anti capitalists as terrorists, does racial profiling all the fucking time but will be on some dumb family guy gag about “bad countries”.
I’m not sure whether you’re talking about government software used to spy on people, or about the ways US tech companies bundle spyware into their products for both enterprises and private households, but… yeah, that one’s a Problem.
But hey, at least the combination of certain companies being utterly shameless about that stuff and the US being viewed as absolutely fucking batshit crazy on the global stage, is causing a lot of federal and regional governments outside the US to do software sovereignty initiatives and try to cut out proprietary software from US corporations, and as a Linux nerd who has a fascination with “Official State Distros”, that trend is really fucking cool to me.
“Silver lining of US fascism in the digital age: Governments using a better operating system than horribly outdated versions of bad old Microshaft Winblows, lol!”
You know what? That is a silver lining tbh. Another that drives me up a wall is when whistleblowers expose this and they are used as proof of American transparency and praise the US still
This is masterclass in brainwashing.
after 3 decades as a user, i thought i had seen/heard every construction but this is a new one for me. lmao. A+
Funny, for me, that’s literally the most common one of these I’ve heard. Well, other than just “Winblows” on its own. Or the old “a computer is like air conditioning, useless once you open windows” from the pre 9x era. I’ve also heard it as “Microsuck Winblows” which is a good play on “sucks” and “blows”, but doesn’t quite lambast as hard that the company shafts the users of its products, which feels almost more relevant today than it was in '95 when, AFAIK, “Microshaft Winblows” started spreading around.