But then why does China call their public relations department ministry of propaganda?
They don't. We just translate it that way. This is the definition of what PR is about.
Relations conducted on behalf of institutions without the informed consent of the public prior to being related.
When Geldstar needed somebody to lie on their behalf, It was the violation of the public's trust and safety when they hired a firm specializing in non-consensual public relations
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”