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A lot of Westerners, especially Americans ofc, got very much used to third worlders suffering/dying for their comfort, or sometimes for no reason. Do you remember how much extreme media attention it took for Americans to realize that war in Ukraine was 'serious' and not just 'another war where no civilization exists'? And it's literally Europe. I have no idea what you'd need to do to get the average American to care about people from 'rest of world'.
America is the most propagandized place in the history of humanity. The stranglehold that capitalists hold over American worldviews begins in public schools and is constantly reinforced through media.
I honestly don’t believe Americans can think about the rest of the world until either capitalism is dismantled and the propaganda machine destroyed, or they lose a world war and are made to change.
Sorry, that's pretty ridiculous. Even with all its flaws, Americans still mostly have freedom of speech, and they use it. They still have access to real news if they seek it out. Trump is becoming more like a North Korean style dictator, but North Korea already has one of those.
Americans can't think about the rest of the world, meanwhile roughly 1/3 of all foreign aid comes from America.
Censorship is not the same thing as propaganda. They often go hand in hand, but the US prefers to drown dissenting voices in billions of dollars worth of media. No other country has a propaganda budget the size of Hollywood’s, for example.
Which they don't, 'cos they're conditioned not to by the media, advertising industry, Big ___, schools, etc.
I was very fucking upset my government didn't step in when Russia annexed Crimea, Ukraine disarmed with the agreement we'd fight Russia with them and we just wrote a letter. Not all of us are asleep, but our media is owned by demons.
Another betrayal by the US.
Russia attacking Ukraine was wrong on so many levels with the least being they signed treaties after giving up the third largest nuclear arsenal for protection from the US, UK, and Russia.
The reality that Ukraine is essentially brothers and sisters to Russia is the real heartbreaker. It was like murdering your own family, absolutely disgusting.
To be fair, Ukraine never had capabilities to actually utilize that arsenal and bare minimum maintenance was very costly. The deal was beneficial for both sides, even if Russia disregarded a part of it (which still should have never happened).