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Bold of you to assume you recognize every piece of propaganda for what it truly is. And that you have a choice to just ignore it. It often feels like we are in control of what we give attention to and what we choose to retain as factual knowledge but we’re not.

The best we can do is try to recognize when some piece of information, or source, we believe may not be as valid as it once appeared and try to rectify our beliefs moving forward. It’s a never ending job. But if you want to actually have beliefs based in fact there’s no other option.

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over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I believe in mathematics and schematics. I also believe in the right to repair.

I do not believe in invisible deities and I don’t trust most politicians.

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- TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Those are like the most superficial layer of propaganda. The real danger of propaganda is that it doesn’t look like it, it looks like other regular people making you support their interests without you realizing it.
  
  Do you like engines? Do you dislike electric vehicles? Do you like guns? If so, when and where did those ideas come from? You weren’t born with them.
  
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  - over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    The real propaganda is money.
    
    Like, whoever designed the idea of rent (which is basically a safe place to perform the biological function of sleep and store your stuff).
    
    You don’t own a damn thing anymore, nor do I. But for real, whoever invented the concept of rent, invented the concept of taxing humans for the right to sleep in a safe space.
    
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    Opinionhaver@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    
    Do you own the dirt under your feet?
    
    The house around me, and the dirt under it, yes.
    
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LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Yes. However believing all beliefs are equal because they are equally likely to be false which is what “everyone is influenced by propaganda” implies, is also an incorrect way to think and an intellectually dishonest shirking of responsibility. Kudos to you for not simply repeating the mantra but stating the right response to it.

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