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Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
In a word, yes. But if it is any consolation, you are not alone.

Social media has completely fucked us all. It feeds disinformation, extremism and polarisation.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:


But at this point I could say the same of the EU. They seem to be even more propagandized than we are.

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Originally posted by SignyM:

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When people become broken, they cannot act on truths of injustice. Furthermore, when people have become broken, more truths about how they have been victimized can lead to shame about how they have allowed it. And shame, like fear, is one more way we become even more psychologically broken.

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You mean Russia don't you comrade. Don't you mean is Russia a broken country? Because yes comrade signym, it surely is.

Russia is about as broken as a country can get.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
The problem is that Americans have some addictions and a few ideological weaknesses.

Americans were addicted to radio, TV, and movies. Now they're addicted to the internet. Social media. All specifically geared to push that dopamine button over and over

Once you've corraled people into a certain form of communication, you can propagandize them all you want. (I take your point about having books.)

The second problem is that Americans are ahistorical. History is seen as an anchor, a shackle, not as a source of enlightenment.

But at this point I could say the same of the EU. They seem to be even more propagandized than we are.


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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake

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Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
'Uber'

This has got to be a joke.

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