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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Eh, I think you can illustrate your point a bit better, comrade. The map goes from good agitprop to bad when it is counterable by liberals and leftists alike. I agree with your general point on this post, so I don't think the point itself is bad, but it could be better elaborated on with an actual map that shows what it says it does. Just my opinion.

[–] Vampire@hexbear.net 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The top one is taken from a website called vividmaps where it's countries the USA has had some sort of conflict with

List of wars being involved in is not a list of countries being invaded and occupied, nice try though.

The bottom map is just a white map.

Garbage meme 1/5

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago

Yep, it's pretty bad for agitprop, even if I agree that the PRC has had really peaceful development all things considered, and the US is a genocidal empire, this map gets in the way of that messaging.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's fair, I like the concept of the map hence why I shared it, but I agree it would be better if it was more accurate. Perhaps worth making a better one.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think that's a good idea! Reality speaks for itself, showing reality is the best agitprop.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I agree, and it is true that whenever agitprop has even minor inaccuracies then that's the only thing people will fixate on.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago
[–] redrumBot@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

I agree, also it misses the colonial expansion of the original USA (13 small States in the East Coast), the USA should be red