You don't need a complex propaganda plan when the U.S. government and corporations conspire daily for new ways to fuck us over. It's not propaganda at that point.

The profound xenophobia of westerners mean they don't even hesitate to make assertions about "enemy" countries despite the fact they have zero evidence, not even bad evidence, other than their own gut feelings of hostility. What evidence do they have that china "absolutely attempts to turn Americans against Data centers"? None at all, but that doesn't matter, it's a negative accusation against a non western nation. What evidence do they have that Iran uses "amplification techniques" to destabilize the West? Well it just feels true, after all, they are coniving foreigners, and surely they must be responsible for the political issues in the West, as the West is too superior to be the source of its own problems.