Many people on lemmy.ml deeply respect and admire authoritarian governments and organizations.

Iran, China, North Korea, Soviet Union…

The West has many flaws. But our flaws are nothing compared to these guys.

Iran hangs homosexuals. Iran shot 30,000 people in less than than 2 weeks. The Soviet Union had to build a fucking Iron wall to prevent people from escaping. The Soviets lied about the Chernobyl nuclear explosion. China censors the internet. China wants to eliminate Islam. North Korea is a totalitarian hellscape. Watching anime is a crime.

Why is lemmy.ml so fascinated with authoritarians?

  • Doomsider
    45·
    30 days ago

    That wasn’t an answer.

    Edit: for clarification you downplayed Russia’s influence but these even smaller countries and groups also have a disportional ability to disseminate propaganda.

      • Doomsider
        14·
        30 days ago

        Thank you. Why does Israel, that has the 1/4 the economy of Russia, able to effectively disseminate propaganda.

        Is Russia not capable of making propaganda?

        https://russiapost.info/politics/propaganda_machine

        After researching it appears Russia has a very robust and effective propaganda machine. Why are you downplaying their success?

        • freagle@lemmy.mlBanned from communityEnglish
          31·
          29 days ago

          Why does Israel, that has the 1/4 the economy of Russia, able to effectively disseminate propaganda.

          Because Israel is funded by the USA and has deep interconnections with USA’s intelligence apparatus. It’s fundamentally integrated into the USA’s propaganda machine and supported by the USA’s vast vast network of intelligence, propaganda, corporate control over the media, and dark money.