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[–] 8 points 6 months ago (3 children)

America is the most propagandized place in the history of humanity. The stranglehold that capitalists hold over American worldviews begins in public schools and is constantly reinforced through media.

I honestly don’t believe Americans can think about the rest of the world until either capitalism is dismantled and the propaganda machine destroyed, or they lose a world war and are made to change.

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  • [–] -1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    the most propagandized place in the history of humanity

    Sorry, that's pretty ridiculous. Even with all its flaws, Americans still mostly have freedom of speech, and they use it. They still have access to real news if they seek it out. Trump is becoming more like a North Korean style dictator, but North Korea already has one of those.

    Americans can't think about the rest of the world, meanwhile roughly 1/3 of all foreign aid comes from America.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Censorship is not the same thing as propaganda. They often go hand in hand, but the US prefers to drown dissenting voices in billions of dollars worth of media. No other country has a propaganda budget the size of Hollywood’s, for example.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    They still have access to real news if they seek it out.

    Which they don't, 'cos they're conditioned not to by the media, advertising industry, Big ___, schools, etc.

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