> What is interesting to me is a distribution of accurate, inaccurate, but also debatable critiques.
Yeah, that is interesting, isn't it? It reads at times like a high school essay written by a somewhat informed, yet not entirely world-wizened, teenager.
Thing is, it really isn't hard to meaningfully critique US policy and society... we have soooo many social issues that you don't have to exaggerate at all to make us look bad. So why do it?
I wonder if some of it might be dog-whistling to domestic propaganda talking points that Westerners don't hear or respond to? The style reminds me a little bit of North Korean propaganda and its frequent calls to Juche values (but much toned down), which to outsiders often seems ridiculous on its face but maybe has more emotional impact on their own citizens?
Maybe it's also a translation thing. I wonder how it reads in its native language.
Yeah, that is interesting, isn't it? It reads at times like a high school essay written by a somewhat informed, yet not entirely world-wizened, teenager.
Thing is, it really isn't hard to meaningfully critique US policy and society... we have soooo many social issues that you don't have to exaggerate at all to make us look bad. So why do it?
I wonder if some of it might be dog-whistling to domestic propaganda talking points that Westerners don't hear or respond to? The style reminds me a little bit of North Korean propaganda and its frequent calls to Juche values (but much toned down), which to outsiders often seems ridiculous on its face but maybe has more emotional impact on their own citizens?
Maybe it's also a translation thing. I wonder how it reads in its native language.