>>64138381
Firstly, it's no secret that China wants to convince the Taiwanese that defending their nation is hopeless and as far as this goes, it's pretty simple. Every joke about how many calories a PLA soldier is, or meme about why the US has no healthcare because of B2s is a person who becomes less convinced of the absolute might of China. Conversely every person they make think that a slaughter awaits the GIs, the less likely they are to support defending Taiwan. And each person they can get to public profess that they aren't willing to die for Taiwan is a potential Taiwanese citizen demoralized.

I separate broader views about the Chinese military because of >>64138097 astutely mentioned. The keyhole incident, much like the recent coast guard crash, or publicized purges leads to a perception of the PLA as a incompetent force. /k/ and the adjacent redditor parasite cultures project this view a lot of the world. This is a (clumsy) attempt to turn our slogans against in a screen cap format that can be transmitted past our niche community into a reddit post, from where it can spread to teriatry sites, like instragam and tiktok (pic related, I can explain what that data means a bit later). This is basic viral formatting, and it's likely they think if they post it enough it will eventually breach containment.

This isn't just because they lose face from a bunch of shitposters on a siberian bear molesting forum mocking them. They also lose their deterrent capability against nations like the Phillipines or India who barely have intelligence to speak of and base their policy around what the vibes for a lack of a better word. So if the Fillipinos start laughing too, they can't bully them nearly as much because their machismo will prevent them from backing down ever more than the Chinese, who have things such as cogent doctrine and batshit crazy punishments for not following it.

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