• Skeezix@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    A society steeped in misinformation and propaganda ultimately embraces fascism

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      8 hours ago

      Sick from poison, no doubt, but sick nonetheless. I hope there’s a cure that opens their eyes some day, but it won’t come from a TV screen.

      • nymnympseudonym@piefed.social
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        5 hours ago

        The cure to misinformation and propaganda is critical thinking and the scientific method

        We have the tools. We need the talent.

        • Bigfish@lemmynsfw.com
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          Exercise doesn’t cure poison. Using individual tools like critical thinking can help you avoid internalizing the misinformation and propaganda, but it sure doesn’t inoculate you from it. We need to cut it out at its source and find ways to ensure it doesn’t get replatformed. Otherwise the toxin is there, just waiting for a day when you’re not on alert, slowly poisoning your mind.

      • IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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        7 hours ago

        Last time this happened, the country affected needed electro shock therapy to help them snap out of their delusions.