This is why I argue the United States has the most powerful propaganda machine in the world. And frankly, I don’t think there’s another country that even comes close.
A perfect example is this Vietnamese immigrant family proudly announcing that they’re voting Republican because they believe in freedom, democracy, and the need to defeat the evils of communism.
Let’s examine the irony here.
First, communism is not a threat to the United States. The Democratic Party is not communist. Supporting universal healthcare, something virtually every other developed country provides, does not make someone a communist.
But Republicans have spent decades convincing Americans that any policy designed to help ordinary working people is somehow a step toward communism. It’s one of the oldest scare tactics in American politics, and remarkably, it still works.
Second, you’re celebrating freedom and democracy while supporting Donald Trump, a man who has repeatedly attacked democratic institutions, entertained the idea of a third presidential term, undermined America’s international alliances, and dragged the country into a disastrous war with Iran.
This is the same man who promised to end America’s endless wars.
And here’s the greatest irony of all.
You’ve been convinced that voting Republican means defending freedom from communism, when the far more immediate threat to American democracy comes from politicians who believe the Constitution should only apply when it’s convenient for them.
That’s what makes American propaganda so extraordinarily effective. It convinces ordinary people to fear an imaginary communist takeover while ignoring the very real erosion of democratic institutions happening right in front of their eyes.
And the people who have been most successfully manipulated are often the ones most convinced they’re thinking for themselves.
i can't stand the double standard, democrats and generally progressive people are expected to be perfect all the time, meanwhile republicans can say whatever the fuck they want and their cattle fanbase will eat that slop and defend them endlessly
this is at the republican convention. the right loves doxxing & calling for assassinations, then claiming the left are the violent ones. they delete doj studies showing they’re responsible for the largest share of political violence & try to rewrite reality in front of our eyes
See the propaganda move?
Make the image emotionally overwhelming, then pretend the only possible objection is hatred of America.
Nobody has to pretend to be mad at a flyover.
It looks cool.
That is not the critique.
The critique is that cool imagery is being used to launder the structure underneath it.
The White House becomes the set.
The military supplies the emotional force.
UFC supplies the combat aesthetic.
Paramount+ gets the paid stream.
Trump-world and politically connected corporations get the branding halo.
And then accounts like this say: if you notice the machinery, you must hate America.
No.
I like the flyover.
I dislike fake patriotism that turns the country into ad inventory.
This is Don Draper selling belonging after tribal sorting so the powerful concentrate more power.
Working-class people are not props.
Marines are not props.
National monuments are not props.
The issue is billionaires turning the White House into branded regime content, then hiding behind “the working class” when anyone notices the circus.
The US is going to attempt to destroy Mexico's success and destabilize the country severely. They may try to assassinate or otherwise neutralize Sheinbaum and replace her with some Zionist CIA controlled puppet.
I wish the US falls into chaos, crisis and devastating depression before it can harm Mexico once more
Mexicans need to be ready, and their fantastic presidenta is doing an excellent job in politicizing and reminding them of their anticolonial obligations. The momentum Morena has created must not be allowed to stop. I'm crossing my fingers for a country I truly love
O presidente de um país tendo que defender a filha pq um bando de marmanjo que ganha milhões por mês n conseguem se comportar e apertar a mão de uma adolescente que os têm como inspiração (inclusive, é jogadora) por causa da ideologia
The most darkly funny aspect of this video is that Ivanka Trump speaks as if she went on some profound, prolonged spiritual and philosophical journey to ascertain the meaning of life, and concluded that the most elevated human state is to live on a gigantic private island in the Mediterranean, in a sprawling mansion paid for with the billions of dollars given to her husband by the Saudis and Emiratis to ensure favorable treatment by him and by her dad in their exercise of the powers of the American Presidency. Real uplifting stuff. 🙏
Nuestra amerindia existe desde hace 60.000 años y nuestros primeros artistas pintaron murales por generaciones desde hace 30.000 años.
Nuestros orfebres precolombinos de dónde salió el tesoro Quimbaya que retiene España, hicieron obras de arte orfebres hace 3.000 años, en tiempos de los egipcios.
Somos la civilizacion latinoamericana