I am from a country where the pictures of the dear leader are plastered everywhere. The vast majority of us despite “Nationalism” being a subject we are taught in school wouldn’t take a bullet for the dear leader. We will fight for our country but not the monarch. I expect true-believer monarchists to be less than 1% of the population. Most people won’t rise up to keep the peace and stability not because they are infinitely loyal.
I have no reason to think it is any different elsewhere. People will stand by the leader to defend their country and maintain the peace and stability but not out of blind love or devotion.
Makes a point about Americans being propagandized, only to veer into unexamined propagandistic tropes about Designated Bad Country at the very end
I also interpreted that on first reading. But I’m guessing it was a figure of speech, like what a typical westerner would say
I’m also hoping that
Yeah, I thought it was odd that they’d take a dig at the DPRK, but at this point what do we expect?
The propaganda runs so strong that even leftists living in the imperial core are prone to it.
I am from a country where the pictures of the dear leader are plastered everywhere. The vast majority of us despite “Nationalism” being a subject we are taught in school wouldn’t take a bullet for the dear leader. We will fight for our country but not the monarch. I expect true-believer monarchists to be less than 1% of the population. Most people won’t rise up to keep the peace and stability not because they are infinitely loyal.
I have no reason to think it is any different elsewhere. People will stand by the leader to defend their country and maintain the peace and stability but not out of blind love or devotion.