More Racist Fearmongering Western Propaganda

[Uncle Hank]

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What. the. fuck.

Not that I am startled or surprised by this ridiculous ad campaign by yet another 'govt. watchdog' nonprofit organization, especially one as blatantly corporately-sponsored and right-winged as CAGW; but the idiocy put in the message of this particular ad just blew my mind. I hardly know what else to say. Input, as always is appreciated, especially reliable resources on what this organization puts their money into, whose campaigns they may sponsor (indirectly or otherwise), etc.

[Ostrinski]

lol.

[Public Domain]

There was a mistranslation, ;)

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[Tim Finnegan]

Wait, if the Chinese are going to end up revelling in their capitalistic success, then why do they appear to have draped themselves in three times as much communist imagery as they do right now? Do they imagine that the ascendency of of "capitalism with Asian values" will come in hand in hand with the revival of Maoist propagandising? :confused:

Edit: I watched a couple of response videos, and it was suggested that the depiction of a victorious China- an ethnically homogeneous (all the students seem to be Northern Han), authoritarian one-party state may say far more about the mindset of the average Tea Parter than they may be ready to admit.

[Ocean Seal]

You know its funny that they have both the Maoist posters and the anti-socialist rhetoric in there. On one hand they seem to be entirely pro-Mao, and saying that America failed because they didn't love the free market enough? Just a slight inconsistency CAGW.

[Queercommie Girl]

Edit: I watched a couple of response videos, and it was suggested that the depiction of a victorious China- an ethnically homogeneous (all the students seem to be Northern Han), authoritarian one-party state may say far more about the mindset of the average Tea Parter than they may be ready to admit.


Actually in the modern era most Northern Hans are much poorer than Southern Hans. If you compare the average wage level in Shanghai with the average wage level in Xi'an, then it's like 2 different countries.

Shanghai's GDP per capita is already approaching that of developed countries, while Xi'an is poor like most Third World nations.

There is some racism against non-Han ethnicities in China (like Tibetans), but among the Han Chinese there is no real "ethnic caste system" at all. The real "caste system" in China is between the urban workers and citizens and the rural peasants. (E.g. the discriminatory hukou policy against the Chinese peasantry)

P.S. It's true that during the Feudal Era Northern Han Chinese were a higher caste during the Mongol Yuan and the Manchu Qing dynasties than the Southern Han Chinese. (Partly based on body size and strength, not "skin colour", the Mongols being a warrior-like culture) The Altaic nomads generally had more respect for the Northern Han than they had for the Southern Han, who were seen as "weak cannon fodder".

In the Feudal Era North China was always the political centre of the Chinese world, and the southern coast was the "weakest link" in the Chinese feudal power system. But as Lenin's "weakest link" theory would suggest, the "weakest link" in Chinese feudalism developed into the wealthiest and most capitalist part of the Chinese world, e.g. Shanghai and Hong Kong.

We don't live in the Feudal Agricultural Era anymore, we live in the Capitalist Industrial Era, Northern Han today are actually poorer and more disadvantaged than Southern Han. Economic base determines superstructure.

[Tim Finnegan]

@Iseul: Fair enough. My point was just that the implicit association of national strength with ethnic homogeneity seems telling, however accurate the particular depiction may be.

[Apoi_Viitor]

Because China definitely doesn't have state controlled industries and massive public spending? :laugh:

[Jose Gracchus]

And they most certainly supported absurd real estate bubbles and rescued themselves with a stimulus package. :rolleyes: