lmfao you suggesting fascists don’t control the means of production in the west currently, who do you think controls them exactly?

Denmark isn’t the primary contradiction of our times. The significance of Iran being able to challenge US media power globally should not be understated. This is the first time in history that the US completely failed to control the narrative on the war out of the gate even in the west. And AI tools are what made it possible for Iran to run their own effective propaganda that connects with people in the west. Traditionally, the US was able to leverage its vast media industry, with artists, designers, 3d modellers, script writers, and so on, who’ve honed their skills in Hollywood to run propaganda campaigns that could not be equalled. Now, a small team in Iran is able to put out media that’s just as effective at capturing public attention. This is absolutely a revolutionary development.

The fact that even BBC feels the need to talk about it, shows how effective Iranian media game is. :)

It’s notable that these Lego movies have so much momentum that even BBC had to cover them. Iran is absolutely killing it with their media game.

The neat part here is that the energy shock hasn’t actually hit yet because tankers move at around the speed of a bicycle. The ones that left before the strait was closed are still on route. When the oil and gas they carry is gone and the next shipment fails to arrive is when real fun starts at the pump.

For sure, I found it kind of a depressing read too, but it’s such great analysis of how the media actually works.

China is just playing factorio IRL

Seems that even France wasn’t confident they’d get their gold back. What they actually did was sell the gold in the fed and bought new gold in Europe.

I can’t see the US allowing this to happen either.

I’m just hoping the EU collapses before that can happen.

western propaganda is very effective

My bet is that it’ll restart before the two weeks are up. Lebanon is being bombed right now, and Iran is closing Hormuz in response.

it really bothers me that people don’t care about this sort of stuff

which makes it all the more odd that the idea hasn’t seen wide adoption

ah then does sound like a bug in lemmy code

certainly helps sell the narrative of it being the enemy to maga

lol yeah

I’d say it goes beyond Vance personally. The US generally dislikes the EU since it’s much easier to negotiate with individual countries from a position of absolute power. While the EU inevitably does bend over for the US on every issue, they always go through a bit of drama first. The stage we’re at now, is where the US would just like to burn Europe down so it can’t become integrated with China economically, and then scrap whatever is left for parts by poaching remaining industry. EU kind of stands in the way of that.

oh weird, wonder if it might be something weird on kbin end

Oman followed the whole do nothing, win approach here. :)