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

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 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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[-] Mokey@hexbear.net 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

i grew up poor and i didn't realize people were richer than me because i never interacted with them. i just accepted life was bad and it was for everyone.

only until i got to college i understood that i had been seriously fucked for my entire childhood and how much better your life is made just by having money.