• Tharkys@lemmy.wtf
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    You shouldn’t believe anything the government tells you, no matter what direction you identify with. Especially these days.

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    The West: My data and research is correct! All chinese sources are propaganda! China: My data and research is correct! All western sources are propaganda!

    • ClathrateG [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      The US: drops 46 bombs a day! China: hasn’t been in a war for 46 years!

      Westerners: these two states are equally bad for humanity(or one is significantly more evil, can you guess which one they think that is?)

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      The difference is that the later is almost always confirmed by the state department 25 years later because of the Freedom of Information Act.

      And even then westerners choose not to believe it; but they’ll believe the Epstein files. 🤷‍♂️