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[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 31 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

When will Westerners realize that the common characture of the brainwashed, thought controlled, information controlled, constantly surveiled citizen that we attribute to China/The USSR/etc... IS US?! You clutch your pearls at people in other countries potentially being treated like that but are inclined to do nothing about OUR OWN countries treating US like that.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 11 points 55 minutes ago

A Russian is on an airliner heading to the US, and the American in the seat next to him asks, “So what brings you to the US?” The Russian replies, “I’m studying the American approach to propaganda.” The American says, “What propaganda?” The Russian says, “That’s what I mean.”

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 hours ago

Snowden showed they realized but didn't care