Can also be rendered as "Western Propaganda".
A scapegoat used by socialists, communists, and other Marxists to justify the failing regimes of Marxist-Leninist parties. (see Cuba, China, the Soviet Union, etc.)
Rather than addressing the reasons for why the regime failed, or why their policies fail- they instead choose to blame the failures on the west, and that their failures were exaggerated by "western propaganda".
This may also alternatively be used (quite rarely) by right-wingers, however it is much rarer and often tied back to Russia and its war with Ukraine.
A scapegoat used by socialists, communists, and other Marxists to justify the failing regimes of Marxist-Leninist parties. (see Cuba, China, the Soviet Union, etc.)
Rather than addressing the reasons for why the regime failed, or why their policies fail- they instead choose to blame the failures on the west, and that their failures were exaggerated by "western propaganda".
This may also alternatively be used (quite rarely) by right-wingers, however it is much rarer and often tied back to Russia and its war with Ukraine.
P1: "Bah! Are you kidding me? Cuba *has* democracy, that's just imperialist propaganda!"
P2: "Dude, you live in New York City. You haven't even stepped foot outside the USA."
P2: "Dude, you live in New York City. You haven't even stepped foot outside the USA."
by hawn hawn baguette July 14, 2022