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

And did the person ever recover from it?

  • @mrcleanup@lemmy.world
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    211 days ago

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

    • @sakodak@lemmy.world
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      311 days 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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        311 days 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@lemmy.world
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          411 days 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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            210 days ago

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

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