So you think 95.5% is accurate and there is no brainwashing going on. People must just love authoritarian regimes because they always report near perfect satisfaction polling results.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 points 7 months ago (3 children)

"Brainwashing" doesn't exist. It's a theory pushed by the United States during the Cold War to offer an explanation for why citizens in Socialist countries supported their systems. Read Masses, Elites, and Rebels: The Theory of "Brainwashing" if you want to learn more about the subject.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz -2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Oh of course brainwashing is just something made up by the us to make tankies look bad. Of course how could I have missed that.

Thanks for reeducating me. I'll forget everything i know about propaganda and environmental influences. Those can't have influenced peoples thoughts that would be so crazy.

Edit: can't reply to any comments because disagreement is against the rules.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 6 months ago

Socialism is so bad people like Einstein, Jack London, Helen Keller, MLK2, Mandela, Mark Twain, Picasso, Ghandi, Fred Hampton embraced some version of it.

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