>>17865078One thing that struck me about watching CCP propaganda and some pro-statist Chinese stuff is how much they mimic American things. This doesn't extend to copying the political system, which is important, but they've been open to experimenting with all kinds of things. Like seeing a propaganda video about students hitting the books, and also perusing the college bookstore, and there are Xi Jinping books displayed prominently but also American-style varsity jackets. That is copied directly from American college campuses.
There's a scene in the cartoon Year Hare Affair (which is very nationalist) and some of the Chinese rabbits are visiting New York, and are marveling at it, and one of the rabbits comes across a magazine stand, and is like "oooh Western stufff..." and is tempted by Playboy, but has to resist his temptation, and buys a copy of a science and technology magazine instead. The closing message while looking out over the NYC skyline is that Americans made this stuff because they worked hard and relied on their own efforts:
https://youtu.be/FZqrYY6ADR8
>>17865131That's true. Their arrogance is their major flaw. Christians are taught to feel sorry for being born. Jews are not. They have a kind of "tough love" culture, and violently interrupt each other all the time. There's a more telling-it-like-it-is attitude. Very direct. They also like to dance:
https://youtu.be/cjL0VI2UmMY
There's a Jewish comedian who had a bit about performing for old Jews at retirement homes in Florida and how they'd always shamble up to her after the show to say what they thought, and it always started out nice and then turned nasty. Like "I thought you were really funny... but nobody around me laughed once!" Or "up close you're really pretty, but up on stage you look like an animal!" If Christians came up after the show, it was rare, and it was always "I'm so sorry for bothering you... but I thought you were really funny."