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"No one is immune to propaganda" does not equal "everyone is equally scrupulous when confronted with propaganda" (hexbear.net)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Great_Leader_Is_Dead@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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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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[-] AmarkuntheGatherer@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

And that right there is privilege gone unrecognised. Not as much of a privilege as some others, it's still the sum of something. You didn't will yourself into questioning your position in life, nor were you struck by lightning to do ao.