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Why isn't Vietnam demonized in US propaganda like the DPRK is? (hexbear.net)
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They both have a bit in common. They're both communist Asian states that the US went to war with during the Cold War and did not win. But the messaging regarding the two states is a lot different. DPRK is treated like the worst dictatorship ever, that kills you and your family for even thinking that the Kims are less than gods, whilst also starving. But Vietnam, they say... nothing.

Why isn't Vietnam demonized like DPRK?

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[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

US is still occupying the South and is therefore at war with DPRK. The media knows this and gives it the kind of coverage it gives any other country that the US is currently at war with.

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