▲ 920 ▼ "Don't unionize, just get a better job." When you unionize, you ARE getting a better job. (lemmy.today) submitted 4 days ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/workreform@lemmy.world 68 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 4 days ago (1 child) Propaganda is that powerful. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mangobanana@discuss.online 9 points 4 days ago* (5 children) I'll never understand why the left (all of it, dems leftist, liberals) have not done counter propaganda. Like we should have been actively deprogramming these people but the left is too busy fighting amongst themselves and waiting for the perfect candidates whose ideologies align with everyone's beliefs to come along and make everything work flawlessly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 days ago Part of that is a lot of us have a conscious. The right traditionally doesn't have one or a strong one. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Frumple@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago You understand that propaganda costs money (and by extension, a person's time), right? The right has all the money, the left has none. The right has the backing of big media empires, the left has none. A lot of us on the left are too busy just trying to survive in this capitalistic hellscape, and even we did make some "counter-propaganda" as you say, it certainly won't be picked up by the media and/or it won't be taken seriously by an already brainwashed audience. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 point 3 days ago DNC holds the funds to do the real mainstream advertising campaigns and anyone farther to the left is left with internet memes. Well, mainstream media is being viewed with less and less trust everyday. permalink fedilink source parent [–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 1 point 3 days ago Because explaining the cause and effect of a real problem is much harder than pointing to an out group and saying "everyone that's not you is a bag guy" Propaganda works because it creates enemies. When the real problem is more complicated, it takes a lot more work to explain. Even if your message is "billionaires are bad" that's a group that people think they want to be a member of, which makes it hard to get behind. It's much easier to point to people without power and say "you don't want to be them, you don't want to be around them, let's get rid of them" permalink fedilink source parent [–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago Because brainwashing is immoral, but it still might be required at this point. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mangobanana@discuss.online 9 points 4 days ago* (5 children) I'll never understand why the left (all of it, dems leftist, liberals) have not done counter propaganda. Like we should have been actively deprogramming these people but the left is too busy fighting amongst themselves and waiting for the perfect candidates whose ideologies align with everyone's beliefs to come along and make everything work flawlessly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 days ago Part of that is a lot of us have a conscious. The right traditionally doesn't have one or a strong one. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Frumple@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago You understand that propaganda costs money (and by extension, a person's time), right? The right has all the money, the left has none. The right has the backing of big media empires, the left has none. A lot of us on the left are too busy just trying to survive in this capitalistic hellscape, and even we did make some "counter-propaganda" as you say, it certainly won't be picked up by the media and/or it won't be taken seriously by an already brainwashed audience. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 point 3 days ago DNC holds the funds to do the real mainstream advertising campaigns and anyone farther to the left is left with internet memes. Well, mainstream media is being viewed with less and less trust everyday. permalink fedilink source parent [–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 1 point 3 days ago Because explaining the cause and effect of a real problem is much harder than pointing to an out group and saying "everyone that's not you is a bag guy" Propaganda works because it creates enemies. When the real problem is more complicated, it takes a lot more work to explain. Even if your message is "billionaires are bad" that's a group that people think they want to be a member of, which makes it hard to get behind. It's much easier to point to people without power and say "you don't want to be them, you don't want to be around them, let's get rid of them" permalink fedilink source parent [–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago Because brainwashing is immoral, but it still might be required at this point. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 days ago Part of that is a lot of us have a conscious. The right traditionally doesn't have one or a strong one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Frumple@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago You understand that propaganda costs money (and by extension, a person's time), right? The right has all the money, the left has none. The right has the backing of big media empires, the left has none. A lot of us on the left are too busy just trying to survive in this capitalistic hellscape, and even we did make some "counter-propaganda" as you say, it certainly won't be picked up by the media and/or it won't be taken seriously by an already brainwashed audience. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 point 3 days ago DNC holds the funds to do the real mainstream advertising campaigns and anyone farther to the left is left with internet memes. Well, mainstream media is being viewed with less and less trust everyday. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 1 point 3 days ago Because explaining the cause and effect of a real problem is much harder than pointing to an out group and saying "everyone that's not you is a bag guy" Propaganda works because it creates enemies. When the real problem is more complicated, it takes a lot more work to explain. Even if your message is "billionaires are bad" that's a group that people think they want to be a member of, which makes it hard to get behind. It's much easier to point to people without power and say "you don't want to be them, you don't want to be around them, let's get rid of them" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago Because brainwashing is immoral, but it still might be required at this point. permalink fedilink source parent