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How do we reconcile the fact that everyone around us sees critical things completely differently to us? (hexbear.net)
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I'm surrounded by people who care more about Charlie Kirk than about Gaza, sometimes it's hard not to believe that most people are drones or just horrendous people. I can't even watch a video my colleague sent me on AI because it's so western centric and anti-China and I can't get past that to have a conversation about the other stuff. It's so isolating and disconnecting.

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[โ€“] MayoPete@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago

Maybe the Trots have the right idea with those newspapers ๐Ÿค”

But really, the way people lap up complete BS from these sites is scary. It seems like most people choose to build a low-information bubble around themselves. It's bot even about the propaganda as much as the stuff is more potent because the average American doesn't bother to learn anything about the world or history or anything outside their world of treats. The propaganda isn't very effective against people who do even a little bit of reading.