2026-07-29 18:32 UTC
@Guillotine_Jones@beige.party @tartley@fosstodon.org They don’t “choose” to be ignorant, everything from childhood textbooks to modern billboards have _conditioned_ them to accept what they are told. The real tragedy is that they are now so afraid of an open mind, they demonize people who question their worldview. Nowadays critical thinking and empathy are a dangerous virus to be avoided.
Unfortunately this conditioning doesn’t exclude the well educated.
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@Guillotine_Jones@beige.party 2026-07-29 20:06
@emersunn@beige.party @tartley@fosstodon.org I, for one, stand corrected, Paul. Thank YOU for taking the time to elaborate. I'm currently watching Mr Tom Hanks's series on the Second World War and I recently watched a documentary, Mr Nobody vs Putin, that both lay out how totalitarian regimes brainwash and manipulate their people. If there is a difference between what was done in totalitarian regimes elsewhere and what is (and has been) happening in the US, the difference is only in the minor details, not in the broad substance. #Authoritarianism #Totalitarianism #Trumpism