This is why the anti china narrative is always aimed at Xi and the winnie the pooh memery shit. It's been long speculated that he's trying to fight off his own deep state. The mainstream approved narrative never takes on the real sources of power and are always focused on blaming the communist party if your algo senses a conservative user or xi man bad if you're a blue anon. You either get fed 'omg learn mandarin now' or 'they're actually broke and their military strength is a facade because corruption from top to bottom'
I totally agree we're being manipulated by the narratives we're handed, and when you're aware of that it's funny how little it takes to push people around mentally.
A day or two ago (on SCMP, IIRC), I saw a story about the tariffs with a big picture of Xi sitting at a table with some papers. The headline was something about how destructive the tariff war was. I thought, "Okay, finally, I can hear it out of his own mouth and see if there are any finer points to what his position is or more insight into what is going on."
The article literally never even mentioned his name in any context whatsoever!
Same with stuff from Tucker when he had a guy on explaining why they're not so bad or what the short term pain will be compared to the long term benefits. It's a bunch of nonanswers and hot air. Watching stuff like The West Wing cracks me up because you'll see them take polling to heart as if it truly gets a good take on the american public when the obvious response is "Have you ever responded to a pollster?" Even when the 2020 red wave was going on I didn't take part in the email spam polls from Trump's campaign. The internet is a bunch of vocal minorities fighting each other for algorithmic supremacy. That's why I've respected old school forums and boards because you get the signal with the noise and make judgements for yourself.
This is why the anti china narrative is always aimed at Xi and the winnie the pooh memery shit. It's been long speculated that he's trying to fight off his own deep state. The mainstream approved narrative never takes on the real sources of power and are always focused on blaming the communist party if your algo senses a conservative user or xi man bad if you're a blue anon. You either get fed 'omg learn mandarin now' or 'they're actually broke and their military strength is a facade because corruption from top to bottom'
I totally agree we're being manipulated by the narratives we're handed, and when you're aware of that it's funny how little it takes to push people around mentally.
A day or two ago (on SCMP, IIRC), I saw a story about the tariffs with a big picture of Xi sitting at a table with some papers. The headline was something about how destructive the tariff war was. I thought, "Okay, finally, I can hear it out of his own mouth and see if there are any finer points to what his position is or more insight into what is going on."
The article literally never even mentioned his name in any context whatsoever!
Same with stuff from Tucker when he had a guy on explaining why they're not so bad or what the short term pain will be compared to the long term benefits. It's a bunch of nonanswers and hot air. Watching stuff like The West Wing cracks me up because you'll see them take polling to heart as if it truly gets a good take on the american public when the obvious response is "Have you ever responded to a pollster?" Even when the 2020 red wave was going on I didn't take part in the email spam polls from Trump's campaign. The internet is a bunch of vocal minorities fighting each other for algorithmic supremacy. That's why I've respected old school forums and boards because you get the signal with the noise and make judgements for yourself.