- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
US President Donald Trump has signed an order to strip back the federally-funded news organisation Voice of America, accusing it of being “anti-Trump” and “radical”.
A White House statement said the order would “ensure taxpayers are no longer on the hook for radical propaganda”, and included quotes from politicians and right-wing media railing against the “leftist”, “partisan” VOA.
Stuff like this is a perfect example of how little Trump understands soft power. That was an outlet for American ideals (ok, propaganda) and American culture to diffuse across the world. Seeing how power abhors a vacuum, I won’t be surprised when China increasingly fills this void.
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Right wingers are generally too stupid to think that abstractly.
The language barrier makes that unlikely. I think this one is going to remain empty for a while.
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These big propaganda stations broadcast in dozens of languages.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_America#Languages
Though they have less immigration, a bunch of those languages originate closer to China than the USA, I bet they can find staff equally well, if they really aim for a 1-to-1 replacement.
Fair enough. Now the question is whether China can get their foot in the door in the same way America did, but if they play up the anti-imperialism aspect it should ve possible.