Imagine being so Stockholm Syndromed by the police state that you blame another country over the cops who actually did it

  • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    There are at least three groups here:

    1. The politically uneducated: they just haven't received the type of education that allows them to call out bullshit propaganda as bullshit propaganda. Note that this can apply to someone who hasn't finished high school as much as it can apply to someone with a grad degree.
    2. The people who just don't give a fuck about human life: unless it's a friend or family member, they'll gladly trade human suffering for money. They'll butcher countless faceless foreigners to maintain their current standard of living.
    3. The Ben Carsons: I don't know what the fuck else to call someone who is a literal brain surgeon but thinks the pyramids were built to store grain.

    Group 1 is the easiest to work with, and (hopefully) the most common.

    • grilledSoldier [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I think 1., as in people to politically uneducated to understand populist scapegoats, overlaps a lot with 2. in form of people that dont want to understand what the real reasons for the problems are, because its just easier for them to follow this bullshit.

      And 3. imo is really widespread in form of the following of celebrities, that may be good at something, but dont know shit about anything else, but still get seen as a kind of messias