I was reading about China and fell down a Falun Gong rabbit hole, where I saw

Jennifer is a multi-talented individual who creates videos, writes stories, and offers insightful commentaries on current affairs and personal experiences. Over the past two decades, she has dedicated herself to exposing the lies and crimes of the Chinese Communist Party, as well as shedding light on the injustices faced by Falun Gong practitioners and other persecuted groups. Her articles have received numerous accolades in international essay competitions and have been published by prestigious outlets like The Diplomat as feature stories.

which says that some random Chinese lady now lives in Australia and gets paid to talk shit about her old government, and I thought

I can do that!

Then if you look at the founder of Falun Gong (who is just a run of the mill insane person (i) ), he works at the

global headquarters in Dragon Springs, a 173-hectare (427-acre) compound in Deerpark, New York, United States, near the residence of Li.

and I thought

I can do that!

I know most of the propagandists and compradors are NED or CIA funded and maintained, but like, did they have to send an application? How did they get that job? I’m asking because I talk shit about the fascist USA gov since 2002 AND I have 2 jobs, so I was thinking it would be better to streamline the whole process.

I might be projecting here, as I think the USA / White Empire is the only true imperial power on the planet, but if I’m not then tropical climate preferred- Cuba/Vietnam, thank you.

(i) source

Among them, Li has railed against what he called the wickedness of homosexuality, feminism and popular music while holding that he is a god-like figure who can levitate and walk through walls.

Li has also taught that sickness is a symptom of evil that can only be truly cured with meditation and devotion, and that aliens from undiscovered dimensions have invaded the minds and bodies of humans, bringing corruption and inventions such as computers and airplanes.

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    9 months ago

    Terrible story from my libbest of days:

    I went to the navy recruitment office when I was in high school because 9/11 and patriotism and all that, but I was only half serious because I had an awful lot of wtf moments about that day. Anyway, I still went down, talked to two guys at the office, they had me take some test, and when I finished they started telling me all the possible things I could be doing for the navy. From being nuclear engineer to being a cryptographer to ultimately “You could be the guy that writes the news. You know, the things you see on CNN and NBC. You could be the guy that writes what they all say!” which was mind-blowing to me at that time. It did not compute how someone in the navy could possibly be responsible for what was being said on the state media by the flapping heads.

    Made a fuckton more sense later on but at that time it sounded so absolutely ethereal that I ended up not signing up and just went to college instead, where they continued to call me on my dorm phone, the number of which I never did know, asking me to quit college and enlist in the navy.