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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by Great_Leader_Is_Dead@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

Propaganda doesn't totally rob people of ~~agency~~ free will (more accurate term), if it did this site wouldn't exist. People do have the capacity to develop critical thinking, skepticism, and a basic curiosity about the world that allow them to develop some resistance to propaganda.

You can hold people accountable for failing to even attempt to do this.

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[-] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 8 months ago

Yes, I find the same goes for ads for example and addiction to social media etc. I'm not denying both are a problem in society but I don't like the assumption that everyone is equally affected by it or when people use it as a ready-made rationalisation for something im doing.

I also think your point can also be extended to say that generally right-wingers are also way more susceptible to it, even if to some extent we all are.

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