Thread: Western Propaganda aka клюква lol

Originally Posted by Throbert McGee

That's a fair point. But (except among radical libertarians), saying that private-property rights ought to be regulated and restricted to some degree by the government is different from claiming that private-property as a concept has no inherent positive value for human well-being. (The radicals claim that restricting private-property rights to ANY degree is tantamount to denying them -- thus the cliche "Taxation is theft".) On the other hand, it's a general assumption of libertarians (not just the radicals) that such rights as freedom of religion, speech, and the press can all be logically derived from and protected by an underlying respect for private property.

The problem we make in the West I think, is that we assume CAPITALISM is flawless, and we think of it as a political system. There is something wrong when a minority of about 400 people control 99% of the wealth. There is a problem when it takes thousands of Americans giving what little they can, to support a political candidate - and they still cannot match the petty change a dozen corporations can throw in to influence the race.

Property is supposed to be used, and people are supposed to be loved. But instead, people are used and property is loved.

By the way, the "G.I. Joe" comic posted by BarraBa -- with the American soldier literally kicking ChiCom butt -- brings to my mind another very significant point about Hollywood (sometimes) demonizing Russians. Namely:

You guys (meaning ethnic Russians, not all Soviets) are WHITE*!!

And that made Russians highly desirable villains, especially in the second half of the 20th century, as social changes in America made Hollywood increasingly eager to show off its "progressive values", and to move away from the incredibly blatant racism of so many pre-WWII films. (See also: the evil kraut German person Hans Gruber in the original Die Hard, and the evil "Seth Effrikaan" in the second Lethal Weapon movie.)

* Well, of course, not counting space-Russians, who often have very dark complexions:



Гхапла!

Originally Posted by Throbert McGee

And that made Russians highly desirable villains, especially in the second half of the 20th century, as social changes in America made Hollywood increasingly eager to show off its "progressive values", and to move away from the incredibly blatant racism of so many pre-WWII films.

Т.е. например, если режиссер Lethal weapon не хотел снимать напарником негра, то что могло произойти? Меняли режиссера, или его убеждали? И кто вообще следил, чтобы в голливуде и на ТВ стало поменьше плохих цветных?

USSR General Election 1987 : Results and Analysis

Originally Posted by BappaBa

USSR General Election 1987 : Results and Analysis

Spitting image was a great programme

Anyone involved in politics at the time was fair game.Here's a few more:

George Bush on Mastermind (spitting Image) - YouTube - Bush snr.

The Two-Party System - YouTube - British parliment.

P.S. Strictly speaking, Worf (on the right) wasn't an actual space-Russian, but rather a normal American of space-Russian ancestry.