It's so annoying that it's so easy to access this information, and I still see so many tibetian flags when I go to a protest, until like last week there were more tibiant flags than Venezuelan flags

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yep, people absorb positions through osmosis.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I suspect there's also an aspect of chauvinism here at play. If people already have a predisposition to see themselves as superior, then these kinds of stories feed into what they already want to believe.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yep! The western exceptionalist mindset comes first, then they license themselves to believe that that which supports them is "good," and then absorb "other thing bad" through osmosis. They all are required, which is why breaking any of these legs tends to radicalize people.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Incidentally, I can't recommend this book enough, it lays out how this whole mindset was cultivated since the end of WW2.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Interesting, thank you! Yet another to add to the reading pile...

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

this one's pretty short at least :)