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Total censorship becoming the norm in the political West (infobrics.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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If hundreds of millions of Americans and Europeans knew what was actually going on, they'd certainly be against the policies their unelected bureaucratic oligarchies are imposing, both at home and abroad. Precisely this is why knowing the truth is all the more important. Unfortunately, it can indeed be dangerous to think and speak freely at this time, and we can only expect more censorship and more "thought criminals", as any deviation from the official narrative is "dangerous for our democracy".

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 weeks ago (17 children)

Oh so you hate censorship, but you just don't want to see the evil wrongthink. I see, I see.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago (14 children)

Oh I do. But I want journalists to tell me about it, not propaganda outlets. This article is written to make me angry, not to emancipate or enlighten me. It wants to manipulate me.

If I may recommend a book, Doppelganger by Naomi Klein. It's about exactly the difference between

investigative journalists that do their due diligence to uncover actual conspiracies
conspiracy nutjobs that just believe and share every conspiracy they hear, and ironically, often end up serving oligarchs by doing so.

If anger becomes more important than truth, we become tools in the hands of the powerful. Choose truth

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 weeks ago (13 children)

The difference between journalism and propaganda to you is whether a western source is saying it or a country which is no longer controlled by the western financial apparatus. You weren't trained to question.

Oh you mean the book that Klein felt obliged to promote when feigning an apology for lashing out at the left for not condemning Hamas?

It's absolute schlock. I don't know what convinced her that people on Twitter are worth writing a book about, but the quarantine really had a deletrious effect on some people.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No, I mean the Naomi Klein that voices pro-palestinian opinions in the book. Here's a highly israel-critical interview.

This is what I mean. Blind dogma and hatred will make you turn against those who should be your allies.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

She's not an ally LMAO, plenty of "pro-Palestinian voices" also "advocate" for Palestinians by repeating Israeli propaganda. You must think everyone who criticizes Netanyahu is on your side. 🤕 I hope she sees this bro. Then you can both discuss how much you respect Israel's right to "exist" and "defend itself"

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