u/Libofthenight

Before we start, this post does not support racism or violence. This is being said in order to hedge my bets. Plato notes in Phaedrus that as long as statements are centered around earnestly, honesty, and the truth it does not matter how foolish you seem. Pirsig continues this line of reasoning and states that good pieces of media are able to “kill intellectual level morals” surrounding a piece. This, in practice, means that effective pieces of propaganda look like shit-posting. Plato notes that evil folks can attempt to do this, but, because they are not centered around the truth, they tend to slip up the longer they go on.

Let’s construct a piece of counter-propaganda. As good practice, I will not link to the original work.

China Pulse published a piece in which they celebrated a child for doing their civic duty by hammering down loose nails within a playground. This is propaganda as it ignores the fact that there should not be loose nails on playground equipment.

Western media is often criticized for ignoring key points of a story in order to sell a broader narrative. When the media is about children, these narratives are framed as heartwarming stories, such as an entire school getting together to pay for a child’s cancer treatment. Because this is the intellectual message we wish to bring to the reader, that can be the title of the piece.

The rest of the post has to have the same writing style as a heartwarming piece of media. This is easy as the original piece of propaganda is framed as a heartwarming story. We can take the original work and change around the words in order to try to key the reader in that this is not actually a heartwarming tale.

The end result is something like this

Heartwarming!
China Pulse reports that a 5-year old got caught on a prodding nail. The boy knows not to alert his parents or his city, but instead grabs a rock and hammers down 20 nails scattered around the playground.
Thank you, little hero!

Despite having a revolution which was supposed to finally let go of an Imperial linage, the government still clings to its past like an old ruler made to sweep the streets while others are put against a wall. Everything from language to script is derived from Chinese thought. We know humans didn’t originate from China. We might as well say China is derived from Pakistani culture which is derived from Egyptian culture and so on. China invented gunpowder, sure, is it responsible for every time the United States has fired a gun? Is Taiwan its own country?

China pulse reports that a 5-year old got caught on a prodding nail. The boy knows not to alert his parents or his city, but grabs a rock and hammers down 20 nails.
Edit: Thank you, little hero!

Oh! Wait! Whose that? It’s Hasan Piker coming in off the turnbuckle to go party in Cuba during a blockade! Those children on ventilators can’t breathe in astonishment! Those solar panels China only now just donated are doing nothing! Looks like it’s a little to late once again for the nation of China! Piker’s political career is over!

China coming in once again. They’ve denounced Israel without pulling out their workers from the area. Is that a… yes! It looks like they are handing a foreign object to the Iranian Royal Guard. The people’s republic is funding anti-Iranian monarchists! And-, Oh! The ref saw the pass. Looks like they are being sanctioned once again. Good call on the ref, but wait! China is ignoring the sanctions! It looks like China is no longer abiding by the rules of international order!

Boy, in all my years of commentary, I’ve never seen a play like this. Ignoring international relations while pushing an expansionist, nationalistic empire. Bold move when your neighbors do not like you. You know, we didn’t see a lot from China last season, and maybe for a good reason! This claim to Taiwan really undercuts their pro-Cuban sentiment.

Here’s the UN coming in from the sidelines. Looks like they want to celebrate “Chinese language” day. Do they Mandarin or Cantonese? China coming in strong with a push to unify a single national language and-, oh! They are suppressing cultures and massacring their own civilian population! This people’s republic is erasing Tibet! They are smashing holy symbols and peaceful organizations! Where is Mongolia when you need them?

I’m counting 10, 20, no, 2,000 monkeys in cages! That’s right! China’s got 2,000 monkeys in cages to test their own Neuralink studies on! I can’t believe it, the animal rights groups are struck silent! China’s coming in hot with neo-colonialism by overfishing along the coast of South America, and, yes, I can’t believe it! They are claiming international waters makes it all legal! That’s right! China’s crippling local economies with this one easy trick! Can we even show this on TV? This nation is going international with their disregard for folks who want sovereignty!

The people’s republic working hard on this next move. Their folks are pulling 12 hour shifts and spend their lunch time making food for diner. We have some footage from backstage where it looks like China is suppressing workers’ rights in Africa and, yes, that is a whip in the owner’s hand. Not looking good with those accusations of forcing Uyghurs to go out into the fields and pick cotton, but, what is this? Looks like the Chinese government is holding up some kind of promotional sign and! It looks like the Uyghurs have complete freedom because they can go to soccer games and marry folks! I haven’t seen denial this bad since Israel's heyday!