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[–] t_chalco@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Dumb question, what is this meme format about?

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 hours ago

Yeonmi Park, DPRK defector and conservative media darling. Claims of her life in North Korea are debated hotly- things along the lines of they eat rats and the like.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeonmi_Park

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

So, the joke here is that you've got someone, presumably a Chinese official, saying a reality about America in a startling way that sounds like completely cooked up propaganda but isn't.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

It would still be propaganda. Propaganda doesn't have to be false.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 1 points 55 minutes ago

Right, yes, but the joke is that it's said in such a way as to sound like an outright fabrication.