I’m not sure if I should engage with it as bait or as an earnest take because it’s terrible either way. Like if it’s earnest it’s self-evidently terrible but if this is some bit it’s towing extremely close to an actual belief system of ‘i don’t want to read theory, it will brainwash me’
Alternatively, you could tell them “yes you do,” but they probably won’t believe you.
Media literacy is a tough nut to crack. When someone avoids critical thinking and is so propagandized that they can’t recognize propaganda they are fed, I’m not sure there is any way to get through to them.
Some people are so comfortable in the system and enjoy the privileges it provides them that any efforts to explain how the system hurts others is a waste of time.
I’m not sure if I should engage with it as bait or as an earnest take because it’s terrible either way. Like if it’s earnest it’s self-evidently terrible but if this is some bit it’s towing extremely close to an actual belief system of ‘i don’t want to read theory, it will brainwash me’
I’m running into a lot of libs on lemmy.ml that really seem to believe in the cooties theory of ideas, communist or otherwise.
Yesterday someone refused to watch a five minute intro cartoon to Manufacturing Consent because it has the Al Jazeera logo in the corner.
I’m inclined to believe this too.
“I won’t watch propaganda!”
What are you afraid of?!
Possibly cognitive dissonance.
Oh.
I mean… Yeah. Fair.
Alternatively, you could tell them “yes you do,” but they probably won’t believe you.
Media literacy is a tough nut to crack. When someone avoids critical thinking and is so propagandized that they can’t recognize propaganda they are fed, I’m not sure there is any way to get through to them.
Some people are so comfortable in the system and enjoy the privileges it provides them that any efforts to explain how the system hurts others is a waste of time.
Good points.
“the cooties theory of ideas” is such an accurate phrase
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
I think a Cubano man once also said the same about his grandfather, I hope that X post is a joke innit?
I could could go for a Cubano from Panera Bread right now!
…Oh.