An article at The Conversation, about how Chinese school books are developing the personality cult around Xi Jinping.
I don't know - in the digital world, it feels it should be harder for a personality cult to be built up in children - or teenagers - especially when Grandpa won't let them play video games except for a few hours one night a week.
read Noah smith's opinion on him
ReplyDeleteYeah, I haven't got around to that yet.
ReplyDeletePersonality cults are promoted by social media. Influencers, mostly a bunch of people saying anything to earn a buck. Very interesting online phenomenon. If you want an understanding of how there is a personality cult around Xi Jinping have a look at the social media controls in China or try ADV China on youtube as an indication information manipulation in China.
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