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 mean, on the individual level things are chaotic and complex enough that you can’t always point to a specific person and say “this is why they believe what they believe that”. But the predominant reasons I see with people is that they have enough awareness and interactions with the negative outcomes of the status-quo that they do not buy into the propaganda, by some reason like rebelliousness or curiosity read theory and get a better paradigm to understand the world, or they actually have some proximity to struggle explained in a socialist/leftist lens.
What I find weird and frustrating, so many of these people THINK they are rebellious and curious, but actually aren’t for anything that matters. Why bother? What’s the benefit of that little garnish of rebelliousness? If you’re gonna still eat the ham why not just eat the fucking ham.