▲ 192 ▼ Cracked - How Half Of America Lost Its F**king Mind (www.cracked.com) submitted 2 years ago by Synnr@sopuli.xyz to c/politics@lemmy.world 94 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] snooggums@midwest.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) He said those things and did nothing for rural areas. Why are they still in love with him? I knownthe answer is Fox News and repetition, but how do they not see through the obvious facade? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago You said it yourself. Propaganda works. It's probably not a coincidence that the essay anchors on fictional movies as a foundation. We really should have understood television while it was the only thing out there. We deliberately did not. (Well, there were nevery any tv shows about it. With the possible exception of TV Nation) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago You said it yourself. Propaganda works. It's probably not a coincidence that the essay anchors on fictional movies as a foundation. We really should have understood television while it was the only thing out there. We deliberately did not. (Well, there were nevery any tv shows about it. With the possible exception of TV Nation) permalink fedilink source parent