It's funny because even as a kid I would watch the news and think "lol USA sux", when given the right rebellious priming as a youth their propaganda has the opposite effect.

[–] sir_this_is_a_wendys@hexbear.net 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Same here even as a kid I thought it was odd that they only talked about American deaths in wars, etc. Kids have a great bs filter though, it's stamped out through our ~~propaganda~~ education system

[–] tocopherol@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I was super fortunate to have good teachers and parents, like my mom would complain about biased curriculum and say "Don't let school get in the way of your education." I thought it was genius and that she came up with it but I learned much later it's a Mark Twain quote lol.

[–] sir_this_is_a_wendys@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago

Twain had some bangers

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 31 points 5 months ago (1 children)

nightly news scaremongering about fare evasion vs. Eugene_V_Dabs' video of turnstile jumpers in the NY metro with BASED overlaid and pumping music

[–] tocopherol@hexbear.net 21 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I'm going to start a new US news channel that just shows the same broadcast as another but over it I say "You all deserve this. Death to Amerikkka." (Subtitles always shown so you know I'm saying 'Amerikkka' and not 'America')

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 23 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Eugene put in a lot more effort than that, I probably should have linked the video.

https://tankie.tube/w/diZe8gctzSd7SWwuw8BCNg

[–] Leon_Frotsky@hexbear.net 23 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

it got posted on reddit once and a load of people were complaining about abusing public infrastructure as if it was nationalised or something and malding about hte hammer and sickle at the end iirc

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 19 points 5 months ago

death to reddit