A friend from China once told me when she was young, she had to watch propaganda movies (produced in Eastern Europe) about the United States where the angry workers and peasants threw eggs and tomatoes at their oppressors.
They immediately knew the USA was a rich and free country. Who in China could afford to throw food in protest? They were literally starving and hadn't see an egg in months.
Ha...the overlords always underestimate the intelligence of their slaves