someone said americans will invade your country and kill your people then 20 years later make a movie about how invading your country and killing your people made their soldiers sad
we all shake our head at stuff this obvious but we don’t talk enough about how pernicious and effective american propaganda actually is
why, oh why did those barbarians make me into a killer…
when i tell you how effective american propaganda is, this is what i mean. They think it’s only propaganda when it “glorifies”
when i tell you how effective american propaganda is, this is what i mean. They think it’s only propaganda when it “glorifies”
to paraphrase Edward Said, every empire imagines itself “civilizing” or “liberating” those people over there. To maintain that fiction, it manufactures consent repeatedly through a vast propaganda arm.
empire is relies on willing people like this
empire is relies on willing people like this
when you really understand orientalism lol
here we see the use of “privilege” to engender sympathy for people doing the killing but not the killed.
it relies on an important pillar of American military propaganda: “they had no choice”
most members of the military come from the middle class
it relies on an important pillar of American military propaganda: “they had no choice”
most members of the military come from the middle class
we should absolutely call out the predatory practices of military recruitment, but to use "privilege" as a cover for war crimes is one hell of a take
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