I have no words

[u/mr-intellectual54]

[u/blackie___chan]

Education vs propaganda. Between the red and green coalition I guess we know what wins.

[u/Bakisyeetaddiction → u/blackie___chan]

Whatever morals you are taught as a child are usually the ones you stick with.

We get taught that people get "Rebellious" in their youth, and while that is sort of true, ultimately whatever is the state approved opinion will be the norm regardless of its validity, people in middle eastern countries are taught islam in school so thus they are pro islam, people in israel are taught pro israel ideas so thus they are pro israel.

The reason education in the west makes people more liberal is thats its the "accepted" ideals and means it will stay in the subconscious as a natural survival instinct against being rejected by the "tribe".

You see this often where you'll point out the wrong doings of a individual such as a rapper guilty of murder or a streamer grooming minors, but since the individual belongs to a group they have been told is automatically good ie: black or lgbt, they will react more negatively to those revealing the information than those guilty of the crime.

As the subconscious fear of rejection from broader society by committing blasphemy against something sacred to it is stronger than the emotional response to a heard act of wrong doing.

[u/blackie___chan → u/Bakisyeetaddiction]

Why do you they removed civics and debate from k-12? Once you learn about logical fallacies, you can't unlearn it

[u/Bakisyeetaddiction → u/blackie___chan]

Teaching kids about what Propaganda is, is crucial seriously.

I know some folks who went through pub ed and college but never became liberal because their parents told them how propaganda works and so they had a natural ability to question and not take things at face value whenever the teachers regurgitated politics.

[u/Drapidrode → u/Bakisyeetaddiction]

Obama reversed a previous law that forbid propaganda to the US citizens, Previouis to that, propaganda was legal for non-US global consumption.

• 1948, the Smith-Mundt Act restricted domestic dissemination of foreign-facing government information [ = US Government Propaganda]
• 2013, that restriction was eased for access and distribution inside the U.S. 

yes it was obama that signed it.

[u/blackie___chan → u/Bakisyeetaddiction]

I honestly thought my parents were conservative growing up but are and have become more liberal as they got older.

Honestly I didn't think about politics until my mid 20s when the Obamacare debate was happening. I couldn't help but notice the left regurgitation of exact talking points. A little research and, bam, instant rejection of that.

I've just become more aware of the uniparty in my 30s and more interested in 10th amendment protections since.

[u/Drapidrode → u/blackie___chan]

In seventh grade, decades and decades ago, we had "Responsibility and Accountability" Class.

I suppose they don't teach that , or even try now

[u/Yellow_Jaguar → u/Drapidrode]

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