@caitoz @smellbeard @bidetmarxman @RodericDay @__ulaan I'm not saying that it's easy to fight propaganda. It's not. But not because it's so advanced and sophisticated, but because the empire has a lot of resources and a monopoly on violence. The difficulty comes from motivating people who don't see themselves as affected to fight it.
@Dreznicagoat @caitoz @smellbeard @bidetmarxman @RodericDay @__ulaan The difficulty isn't in motivating people to fight it who don't see themselves as affected to fight it, it comes from the fact this propaganda only exists because it's repeating to people what they've already decided to believe.
@uncle_authority @Dreznicagoat @smellbeard @bidetmarxman @RodericDay @__ulaan I myself know for a fact that I used to believe western propaganda not because I wanted to but because I was tricked. And I didn't stop believing it because my material conditions got worse, I stopped believing it because I finally got the time to research and learn the truth.
@caitoz @uncle_authority @Dreznicagoat @smellbeard @bidetmarxman @RodericDay @__ulaan But the reason you were able to be tricked is because imperialism created a reality for you where the propaganda made sense. Notice in third world countries, the west needs the Jakarta method!
@eshaLegal @uncle_authority @Dreznicagoat @smellbeard @bidetmarxman @RodericDay @__ulaan No it's the other way around; the empire prefers to use brute force like the Jakarta method but needs to use propaganda in parts of the world it can't get away with it. I believed propaganda for the same reason someone raised in a religion believes its tenets: it was all I knew.
@caitoz @uncle_authority @Dreznicagoat @smellbeard @bidetmarxman @RodericDay @__ulaan Preferences aside, the empire needs you inside the imperial core to fulfil a different function than those in the periphery. Inside the periphery, it needs to exploit the workers for raw materials. Inside the core, they need obedient soldiers willing to enforce the hegemony+
@caitoz @uncle_authority @Dreznicagoat @smellbeard @bidetmarxman @RodericDay @__ulaan Therefore, propaganda is not enough. They have elevated your standard of living and created a kind of alienated environment for that to be all you know! Because they need these kinds of obedient soldiers. x.com/historic_ly/st…
@caitoz @uncle_authority @Dreznicagoat @smellbeard @bidetmarxman @RodericDay @__ulaan Therefore, propaganda is not enough. They have elevated your standard of living and created a kind of alienated environment for that to be all you know! Because they need these kinds of obedient soldiers. x.com/historic_ly/st…
@caitoz @uncle_authority @Dreznicagoat @smellbeard @bidetmarxman @RodericDay @__ulaan Propaganda, alone, cannot compete with reality. Therefore, they need to invent a reality where the propaganda makes sense.
@eshaLegal @uncle_authority @Dreznicagoat @smellbeard @bidetmarxman @RodericDay @__ulaan That's the thing though; I didn't see through the propaganda when my standard of living got worse, I saw through it when my standard of living got better. Having enough money and free time and inner peace was what gave me the ability to do the necessary research and break out.
@caitoz @uncle_authority @Dreznicagoat @smellbeard @bidetmarxman @RodericDay @__ulaan You saw through it when your reality started colliding with what the propaganda was saying... which is the claim I have always made.
@eshaLegal @uncle_authority @Dreznicagoat @smellbeard @bidetmarxman @RodericDay @__ulaan Okay well if your perspective doesn't conflict with my account it doesn't seem like we disagree about anything.