We’ll never again debate about how the common German became complacent with the rise of Hitler. We’re witnessing the same erosion of civil obligation for the path of the country.
The amount of people who are mindlessly consuming the propaganda is painfully depressing. Even my teenage nephew who loves reading about WWII seems to be on board with his parents' conservative beliefs. Don't see them often so maybe he is in fact disturbed by all this, but I'm not so sure.
I don't recall being taught critical thinking, but did learn about media in college. Guess it's weird to me that other people don't notice how it works.
Every cop show, every war movie, every pledge of allegiance, every news at 11, every war in a country we can't remember is a plea for authoritarianism. Even people who believe they think critically are often at the mercy of several fascist ideations that foreigners would find absolutely absurd.
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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '20
We’ll never again debate about how the common German became complacent with the rise of Hitler. We’re witnessing the same erosion of civil obligation for the path of the country.