• pthaloblue@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Most Americans have their talking points ready to go around certain topics: healthcare, guns etc. But if you get anything that attacks the capitalism, building the country off of slave labor, or the country being the product of a genocide, that’s when the propaganda really kicks in.

    Oh and if you call it propaganda, then the denialism gets even stronger.

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      1 year ago

      Spaniard here, you get very, very similar reactions here from a lot of people (possibly a lower percentage) if you dare to question the process of colonization or call out the barbaric behavior of some historical figures that have become a part of the national myth. Nationalism is a brain disease.

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        1 year ago

        You get the same shit from most nationalities.

        Nobody is immune to propaganda.