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 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: