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title: 'Religious Oppression poster 171f: Buddha and Christ caricatures (Thai poster distributed in Bangkok)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/religious-oppression-171f-buddha-christ-caricatures-thai-1954/
description: A yellow sheet reproducing two cartoons with Thai captions. In the upper one a grinning Buddha statue labelled in Cyrillic sits over a crowd of fat clergy
section: Collection
---

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# Religious Oppression poster 171f: Buddha and Christ caricatures (Thai poster distributed in Bangkok)

A yellow sheet reproducing two cartoons with Thai captions. In the upper one a grinning Buddha statue labelled in Cyrillic sits over a crowd of fat clergy and top-hatted men holding coins and cups. In the lower one a haloed Christ figure blesses a seated businessman on a strongbox. The captions present them as Communist cartoons attacking religion. The tell is card-stacking: two selected cartoons stand for a general Communist attitude to religion.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/) [Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

Original (Thai) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
คำบรรยายอ่านว่า "กานํ้าชาจีน... พุทธศาสนาเป็นหลักค้ำจุนลัทธินายทุน เช่นเดียวกับศาสนาคริสเตียนและศาสนาอิสลามในที่อื่นๆ"

คำบรรยายซึ่งโจมตีศาสนาคริสเตียนอ่านว่า "ผู้อุปถัมภ์การศาสนาซึ่งหลอกลวงคนที่ทำงานหนักและถูกกดขี่ให้พึ่งนิทานที่ว่าด้วยความสุขในโลกหน้า"

[Cyrillic on halo of upper cartoon: БУДДА]
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
The caption reads: "The Chinese teapot... Buddhism is a mainstay supporting capitalism, just like the Christian and Islamic religions elsewhere."

The caption attacking the Christian religion reads: "Religious patrons who deceive hard-working and oppressed people into relying on tales of happiness in the next world."

[Cyrillic on halo of upper cartoon: BUDDHA]
```

Both captions are Thai framings of the original cartoon captions; the original-language captions of the cartoons are not on the sheet.

[← Religious Oppression poster 171e: Communism destroys religion (Thai poster distributed in Bangkok)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/religious-oppression-171e-communism-destroys-religion-thai-1954/) [Religious Oppression poster 171g: Kalmyk monks and Chinese parade (Thai poster distributed in Bangkok) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/religious-oppression-171g-kalmyk-monks-china-parade-thai-1954/)

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