• purpleworm [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    9 days ago

    There’s a famous Reagan joke:

    "Two men, an American and a Russian were arguing. One said, in my country I can go to the white house walk to the president’s office and pound the desk and say “Mr president! I don’t like how you’re running things in this country!” The Russian said “I can do that too!”

    “Really?”

    “Yes! I can go to the Kremlin, walk into the general secretary’s office and pound the desk and say, Mr. secretary, I don’t like how Reagan is running his country!”

    This lemmitor did the joke completely unironically with Germany’s “free press” being able to attack Germany’s opponents.

      • Crucible [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        A CIA agent and a KGB agent are having a drink together, the CIA agent says, ‘Soviet propaganda is so blatant and obvious, I don’t know how it works for you guys.’

        The KGB agent says, ‘You’re right, we’re looking to make new propaganda that’s more subtle. Like your American propaganda.’

        The CIA agent says, ‘What propaganda?’