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[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Agreed, i just think it is very difficult for us comparatively free thinking westerners with access to largely uncensored information and freedom of thought, looking at the situation from the outside. I think we often can’t really empathize with how pervasive a concerted propaganda effort like that must be, being literally raised on the kool-aid.

Which isn’t to say we are not indoctrinated ourselves, perhaps more low key

[–] snek@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

us comparatively free thinking westerners

For myself, I grew up with the Islam kool-aid in the Middle East in an Islam-majority country and though the journey was troublesome, I very much managed in the end to shed religion and tradition off my shoulders and unlearn all the crap I was indoctrinated to believe in, including layers of anti-semitism. I felt like I lived in a similar kind of propaganda machine and managed to find my way out. If I can do it, hopefully, anyone can do it given the right opportunities, support, and time.