The power of propaganda should now be so clear to us -

[NewHendoLib]

The way Hitler and his goons controlled the German citizens by flooding them with lies and bullshit non stop.

The way that decades of hate radio and TV led the way to TFG and formed his cult - and how the Big Lie deepened the cult - it is leading to book banning and assholes driving in circles and wasting gas for reasons they have no idea.

The way that Putin has utterly brainwashed his country so that the vast majority of the citizens don't even believe info from their family members living in Ukraine.

All of this demonstrates what our own country is up against. Reason can't break through. Science can't break through. Hell, even clear video or audio evidence can't break through.

And social networking is like pouring gas on the fire of lies.

What a mess our species is in.

[uponit7771]

1. K&R, Anchor bias is an easy cognitive bias to exploit in humans. TASS/Pravda et all use THE SAME ...

.. tactics FAUX News uses in this area to get people tied into bold faced lies.

[FoxNewsSucks]

2. Roger Ailes studied them,

and also MTV. To learn how to use edits, flashy graphics, colors, flags, lip gloss - all of it, to grab eyeballs and program the subconscious.

They don't just preach to the choir, they influence feelings. Republicon/fascist = GOOD, Librul = BAD.

24/7, never lets up

[BigmanPigman]

3. I've never been very impressed by our species,

especially compared to animals. They are better than us in so many ways. Free will is not so great.

"Free will is closely linked to the concepts of moral responsibility, praise, culpability, sin, and other judgements which apply only to actions that are freely chosen. It is also connected with the concepts of advice, persuasion, deliberation, and prohibition. Traditionally, only actions that are freely willed are seen as deserving credit or blame."

[BootinUp]

4. This is what I believe

You state the problem very well. And I say the solution is that it just has to get really bad first. Bad enough that it HAS TO BE STOPPED. Isn't that Right?

Seems to me, that's what happened to date in every case you mention.

Maybe I am prejudging a little, but I believe Putin is stopped. His time just hasn't completely run out yet.

[littlemissmartypants]

5. I get your point but somehow I believe we'll muddle through.

Stay encouraged. ❤

[SleeplessinSoCal]

6. Every year we watch "The Best Years of Our Lives".

And get angry all over again at the scene near the end with the flag lapel pin fascist who says "we fought the wrong people, that's all.", after saying radicals in Washington got us into WW2. This masterpiece of a movie was made by the brilliant William Wyler who documented the war in various films.

That harrowing scene that was a clear warning that we've had Nazis among us for a long time:

And something worth watching on HBO that I only just came across:

https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/the-cold-blue

[FoxNewsSucks]

7. Never heard of that movie, I put it on my watch list

Too bad the "soda jerk" got fired, that's the way all Nazi sympathizers should be treated.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

8. Please do. 1946 Best Picture.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_Years_of_Our_Lives?wprov=sfla1