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submitted 3 months ago by Awoo@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net

Chinese soft power created through entertainment can and will climb if they support these industries.

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[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 61 points 3 months ago

Did the USSR ever have this kind of soft power with any of their products? I genuinely don’t know if they had any tv shows, films, games, or music that NATO residents would try to pirate or get ahold of in big numbers.

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 43 points 3 months ago

Surely there still isn't a person alive who doesn't want a Lada

[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago

Funny enough, Soviet cars are one of the biggest reasons I hear NATO residents talk about how bad the Soviet Union was. “They had terrible and inefficient cars!”

[-] Outdoor_Catgirl@hexbear.net 42 points 3 months ago

Cuban cigars and rum are definitely something Americans want but can't have

[-] barrbaric@hexbear.net 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

We can buy the rum by going to Canada, don't know about cigars. IIRC it's technically illegal to bring it back to the states but border agents don't care (provided you're white enough).

[-] TerminalEncounter@hexbear.net 35 points 3 months ago
[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 29 points 3 months ago

That came pretty late in the Soviet union's time

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The AK rifle. Good ones cost thousands of dollars in the US (or maybe $600 if you’re lucky) because of import bans (both China and Russia). And most of them are Yugo or Romanian

[-] miz@hexbear.net 15 points 3 months ago

all I can remember is some types of high-quality caviar

[-] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Finland wasn't a NATO member but some US media was censored or banned for being anti-Soviet during Finlandisation

[-] miz@hexbear.net 12 points 3 months ago

you specifically asked for cultural products and I responded with retail goods and appeared to have kicked off several similar replies. I'm sorry

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