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China using families as 'hostages' to quash dissent abroad (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[–] GarbageShootAlt2@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My friend, I would like to remind you as gently as possible that brainwashing does not exist and was in fact an orientalist lie popularized to explain away why US soldiers would support China.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, that's a fair point. It's important to keep in mind that people are accepting the propaganda because they want to believe it and they understand that it serves their selfish interests.