Individually, sure it’s mostly meaningless. As a group? Did you see who won the latest election? The actions of the collective are always what matters. China (and everyone else) doesn’t care about you as an individual, but they do want to nudge society.
I didn’t say they don’t, but again, that is the same for US based social media and even more so for traditional media. Almost everyone is pushing an agenda these days.
Most people believe that they are smart enough to not fall for propaganda. Unfortunately, most, if not all of them are wrong.
Individually, sure it’s mostly meaningless. As a group? Did you see who won the latest election? The actions of the collective are always what matters. China (and everyone else) doesn’t care about you as an individual, but they do want to nudge society.
I didn’t say they don’t, but again, that is the same for US based social media and even more so for traditional media. Almost everyone is pushing an agenda these days.
Most people believe that they are smart enough to not fall for propaganda. Unfortunately, most, if not all of them are wrong.