According to Konvidian state-media, America’s young culture is invading Konvidia and must come to a stop before the nation becomes a meaningless and soulless country.
The warning to its citizens stated that the ideas and cultural influence coming from America are more dangerous than people with guns. General Mills Potkellog, Konvidia’s “First General” and head of state, recently called American pop culture, an epidemic that is corrupting their youth.
At the top of the censure list is the invasion of millennial slang. Konvidian youth have been asked to avoid this and only speak the standard dialect of Konvidia, which the newspaper calls the superior language—no pop-culture slang allowed.
Konvidian leader General Mills Potkellog has been issuing directives for months ordering citizens to turn away from foreign influence such as clothing fashions, hairstyles, dance moves, movies, dramas, and pop music. He has spoken out against the anti-socialist influences spreading to his country.
A new law calls for up to 12 years in labor camps for those caught accessing American entertainment. Parents can be fined if their children are caught watching American entertainment or imitating the way they speak. Even the death penalty is on the table for those caught storing or distributing foreign media.
Foreign influence is seen as a threat to Konvidia's socialist party and communal way of life. The censorship comes at a time when the Konvidia economy is in trouble, making youth more receptive to outside influence. Food is scarce and expensive in Konvidia, so the young people might see the outside world as a better alternative to the socialist state which has strict mandates on hairstyles, clothing, and even dance styles.
Konvidians don’t have the global internet. So there is no access to sites like Instagram, TikTok, Youtube, and Facebook. Instead Konvidia has a tightly controlled national intranet, called simply “Our Net”. Nevertheless, despite the risks, people find ways around this through underground access to the internet and, more popularly, USB drives.
Highly sophisticated smuggling rings bring in banned media which is smuggled into the country via password encrypted USB drives, which are small and easy to hide. If the password is entered incorrectly, all content is immediately deleted from the USB drive.
While a closed society such as Konvidia may seem strange to the world, people are influenced not just by laws, but also the state’s propaganda which claims that the First General is also the First Father of all Konvidian citizens.
