…whether it was by a cult, by propaganda, by an algorithm, etc…

And did the person ever recover from it?

  • @sakodak
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    243 months ago

    There are six companies that control a very large percentage of the media consumed by Americans. They are all mega corporations. The media Americans consume is mostly corporate propaganda, and it’s invisible to us. It’s the water we swim in.

    Whatever opinions the oligarchs want us to have are dictated to us.

    It is not a coincidence that all our national political races come down to a wire, that we are divided almost 50/50. We are being intentionally divided so that we don’t unite and challenge the oligarchy.

    • @mrcleanup
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      23 months ago

      John Stewart did a great bit where station after station reads the exact same script over and over again. It’s unsettling.

      • @sakodak
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        33 months ago

        It’s not just the news. It’s TV shows, movies, books, periodicals, commercials - even music. The oligarchs have massive influence over all of it and can manipulate the public at will.

        • haui
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          33 months ago

          Indeed. But most normies will gladly tell you they are not easy to manipulate while buying something the media has told them to. Its shocking.

          • @sakodak
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            43 months ago

            You can hardly blame them. It’s a 24/7 onslaught of propaganda and it’s incredibly difficult to break out.

            And even when I initially woke up out of it I frequently questioned my sanity. Is this real? Is this actually what’s happening? How can nobody else see this?

            And then I wanted to go back to not knowing because of the incredible weight that knowledge puts on your shoulders, but it’s impossible. There’s no going back, at least for me.

            • haui
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              23 months ago

              Do you realize you just quoted the first matrix movie nearly verbatim? ;)

              And yes, I get that. It feels weird af.