Every time I see westerns post some 
shit the usual response is “well propaganda is a hell of a drug”.
But if western propaganda is really that effective, how the fuck did we get here? I’d think if it was really this good at melting people’s brain’s it’d be effective enough to prevent communities like this from even existing. So like are we special or something?
Also raises the question, if we’re able to get over this BS, wtf is everyone else’s excuse for falling hook-line-and-sinker for it?
I can’t speak for everyone, but I would guess most people here broke through the propaganda by finding information online and thinking it through. That requires literacy, critical thinking, and access to non-propaganda information on the internet. The US educational system is actively trying to stamp out the first two. Corporate news demonizes critical thinking by dismissing any attempt at it as being a Russian bot. Abusive working conditions limit free time and energy enough that the seeking information becomes a problem even before any efforts to censor or astroturf the internet.
This plus capitalism fucked you so hard it became impossible to ignore or excuse. You started asking questions and were fortunate enough to find people telling you to read theory and do praxis.