I’m trying to think what shattered the illusion for me… Weirdly, one of the first ones was when I was in high school, my Spanish teacher told me that in Spain, they had hardly any computers (she had just visited that summer). I told that to a friend of my dad, and he was like “uh… No, pretty much everyone has them”. Which wasn’t propaganda, but I think they was the first time I felt ashamed of my ignorance
Then in college, I was having a discussion about politics with someone from Paris, and mentioned offhand how it’s different because they’re a socialist country. He laughed and said “what? We’re not socialist”. That was pounded into me since elementary school, that the UK and France were socialists.
The guy owned a business, and I knew this and the fact he was fairly wealthy due to said business… And that’s when the illusion completely shattered, and I realized I was repeating shit I’d been taught without evaluating the information
Propaganda works. On all of us… It works less if you’re aware of it and examine your own beliefs, but that shit creeps in through the cracks. It’s insidious
my Spanish teacher told me that in Spain, they had hardly any computers
it’s different because they’re a socialist country. He laughed and said “what? We’re not socialist”. That was pounded into me since elementary school, that the UK and France were socialists
Who in school told you Britain and France are socialist? That was never the case. They were literally always allies, why would any school teach this? I know fox news viewers believe it for some reason but that certianly never impacted my curriculum
Elementary school through high school, and they taught socialism to basically be when the government runs services or really does anything someone else could be making money off it
I think healthcare was a big sticking point for the label, but they basically described any social safety net as socialist.
It not have been in your curriculum, but teachers watch mainstream media too…
Very insidious and you can only be aware of the types you can identify, there are many more that you’ll blindly accept until something like your experiences points it out to you; I think it’s a lifelong thing to stay vigilant against it.
I’m trying to think what shattered the illusion for me… Weirdly, one of the first ones was when I was in high school, my Spanish teacher told me that in Spain, they had hardly any computers (she had just visited that summer). I told that to a friend of my dad, and he was like “uh… No, pretty much everyone has them”. Which wasn’t propaganda, but I think they was the first time I felt ashamed of my ignorance
Then in college, I was having a discussion about politics with someone from Paris, and mentioned offhand how it’s different because they’re a socialist country. He laughed and said “what? We’re not socialist”. That was pounded into me since elementary school, that the UK and France were socialists.
The guy owned a business, and I knew this and the fact he was fairly wealthy due to said business… And that’s when the illusion completely shattered, and I realized I was repeating shit I’d been taught without evaluating the information
Propaganda works. On all of us… It works less if you’re aware of it and examine your own beliefs, but that shit creeps in through the cracks. It’s insidious
What is this country ? No. What’s this planet ?
Who in school told you Britain and France are socialist? That was never the case. They were literally always allies, why would any school teach this? I know fox news viewers believe it for some reason but that certianly never impacted my curriculum
Elementary school through high school, and they taught socialism to basically be when the government runs services or really does anything someone else could be making money off it
I think healthcare was a big sticking point for the label, but they basically described any social safety net as socialist.
It not have been in your curriculum, but teachers watch mainstream media too…
I’m so mad about the time I had to spend learning about the fucking food pyramid
Very insidious and you can only be aware of the types you can identify, there are many more that you’ll blindly accept until something like your experiences points it out to you; I think it’s a lifelong thing to stay vigilant against it.