Hey, since you already understand that the war on terror was a lie, I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts after listening to Blowback Season 2 and Season 3. They're about Cuba and Korea. I grew up believing they were no good and completely evil, but there is a verifiable truth that is propagandized against in the west. You don't even have to use non-western sources to get to that truth, it's just that if you don't know you've been lied to, there's no reason to dig in.

It's certainly not a single lie over the War on Terror that has led to our complete distrust of the American state.

the West is a far better influence on the world and care-taker of its citizens than China is

Simple statistics like literacy and life expectancy disagree with this assessment.

And let’s not get started on the Russian state

You won't find much support for Russia on Hexbear. You're mistaking our disdain for NATO as support for Russia. Russia is not the Soviet Union.

[–] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I shall have a listen. Thanks for the recommendation 🙏

For FWIW I don’t think the WoT was “a lie” - nor was it a complete truth. I remain broadly in support of what the west did in Afghanistan (and I’m saying this despite one of my previous buddies dying over there), although I definitely to this day will argue that the second war on Iraq was borderline evil and most definitely a war crime.

I’m not American, by the way, so my point of comparison isn’t China vs US, but China “the west”. The US has plenty of problems too.

You are correct that it’s my impression that Hexbear users broadly support Russia.

[–] brain_in_a_box@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

"I remain broadly in support of an unprovoked war of aggression that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands."