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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes I am! This government pamphlet I got says so!

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Huh, I wonder who that's for.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Literally everyone.
That's the point.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lack of immunity does not mean you cannot become resistant to it. Like with all things education will free you. It's just a matter of finding enough of it and from the right sources

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This implies I have to put effort in. I'll just write this comment off as propaganda and pat myself on the back for a job well done combating BS for the weak minded sheep. - Most of society

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In my experience most people are more than happy to have a conversation about things. It's more about it being on their terms so they can find the information approachable

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I agree. And on a more serious note, I think it all stems from the fact that people don't like being confronted about their identity. And oftentimes people will hold onto beliefs so hard that they become part of their identity. Look at many flat-eathers, it's not a belief they have, it's who they are, they are a flat-eather, and when you try to attack or question someone's identity they react very defensively. So showing a flat-eather that there is evidence disproving their belief, then they either must reject it or question their identity. And rejecting it is always much easier. Which can make those convos extremely hard.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I don't need to be immune to propaganda. I live in [country], the best country of the world. We don't need no propaganda, that's just something that [other side of globe] countries do, as well as [neighbour country] of course.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

this is a god reminder on lemmy

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

While this is true, the complete absence of foreign and/or free media in some countries doesn't even give you a chance of forming educated opinions.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Hexbear people are very immune to propaganda. Maybe even reverse immune

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's crazy. Literally seen the same stuff I see in alt right spaces over there. Crazy

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Authoritarians gonna authoritate.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For real. I saw a lot of " Ukraine has nazis!!!!" Over there.

But then again im with the CIA. So what do i know.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's insane. I know Ukraine has a neo nazi issue, so does the US. And Germany and England and most other countries. Brazil has fucking Nazis who are Hispanic ffs.

But if they're trying to say only Ukraine has Nazis and not Russia they're outside their fuckin minds. I literally have met Russian Nazis, I know Russia has way more Nazis than Ukraine.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

hexbear people are hated here because they are not specifically on the american propaganda pipeline

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, they downloaded the CCP propaganda pipe line.

I also definitely don't hate the hexbear people, I find them fascinating.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This guy hexbears

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (8 children)

bro they literally cheer for North Korea and treat Taiwan as an enemy.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

They're just very susceptible to different propaganda.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I know. That's why I got rid of tv in the 90s and won't stay where commercial radio is being played.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

and won't stay where commercial radio is being played.

Omg. Radio is the most propagandized media. It hurts my brain when it is playing.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Eh. The older I get, the more neutral and apathetic I get. Everything seems to come from some direction with a degree of bias.

It's like fed articles on the war in Ukraine. If things were as positive as articles from both sides regularly claim, it wouldn't be where it is in Sep 2023. I get propaganda is also used to positively influence morale and support—and I encourage it for Ukraine—but it sure would be nice to see more unbiased reporting and posting. As it is, just got to kind of determine a median of the propaganda and that's likely the actual situation.

The most frustrating part about not being influenced by propaganda is that pro-Russia and pro-Ukraine people that have been susceptible to propaganda will attack you from both directions at the same time. Regardless of the topic/issue, this seems to be a good indicator that you're closely aligned to fact rather than story.

Edit: I see my lagged and incoming downvotes are the aforementioned pro-xxxxx doing exactly as I said they do. As far as I'm concerned, it's downvoting the opinion of accurate information distributed to allow critical assessment of individuals—since that's obviously the opposite of propaganda. I'd be interested to know the opinion of why someone downvoted me since the topic is about propaganda. If it's because you're pro-Russia or pro-Ukraine, well, thank you for participating in proving the point. The confirmation would be good though as long as it doesn't turn into an off-tipic debate around the War in Ukraine, which isn't actually the topic here, just an example used of the thousands but chosen for it's comminality and relevance right now

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

My big brain moment was when I realized that my interest in studying the conflict itself was the result of propaganda.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I mean it is going in Ukraine's direction. By all metrics they should've lost by now.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I feel like pro Ukraine propaganda and pro Russia propaganda is pretty easy to spot and ignore if you actually follow the events happening on the battlefield, and not what any major or semi major news outlets post.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah, that's the issue. If people don't have capacity to focus on the details but still care. Many people are exhausted with their day but still care about what's going on so they look for a report, a summary, a breakdown. That seems to be where propaganda can seep in. Rather than "actual", they get...well whatever bias their source has.

Another great example is political votes for new leaders, referendums, legislation, etc. A lot of people don't have time to track it all and go through it all, but obviously care. If there's propaganda battles going on, very quickly can those people—often the majority—become divided instead of informed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Very good points, it makes sense too because the individual you described in your first paragraph is probably the majority of people, besides the people who don't care at all. So it makes sense that they would be the target of propaganda and it's just icing on the cake they're the easier group to fool/manipulate.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Especially Garfield! Perfectly designed to worm himself into the minds of those in corporate America.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's this sentiment that all journalism cannot be trusted. But if so, how does anyone ever get to find out anything at all? Word of mouth? Gut feeling? Distrust of journalism is reasonable, but not good enough. There are specific reasons why misinformation exists and you need to know WHY that is so. Because otherwise you discount information which is true, and the end result is the same as you'd get with blind trust: A false understanding of the world.

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