• Adkml [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    9 months ago

    My problem with this logic is that a bunch of people who were convinced America was the good guys will be pretty useless in the larger context of the revolution if they’re that easily swayed by obvious bullshit.

    Sure you can try to reprogram them but what happens the next time a bloodthirsty fascist tells them turning on us is the real smart cool patriotic move.

    They’re useful as long as you can just plant them somewhere and point them in the right direction as long as we aren’t counting on them to make any rational or moral decisions.

    • UmbraVivi [he/him, she/her]@hexbear.net
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      9 months ago

      My problem with this logic is that a bunch of people who were convinced America was the good guys will be pretty useless in the larger context of the revolution if they’re that easily swayed by obvious bullshit.

      unlike me, who is immune to propaganda

      • Adkml [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        9 months ago

        Never signed up to kill a bunch of innocent people in random countries halfway across the world so feeling pretty good by comparison.

    • D61 [any]@hexbear.net
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      9 months ago

      Ah yes, people are fixed in their education and opinion at a particular point in time, never to change no matter what. very-intelligent

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      9 months ago

      People’s susceptibility to large ideological shifts varies a ton throughout their lives based on all kinds of different things. It’s not a static property.