"The Socialists are indoctrinating and brainwashing our children!" - eviltoast
  • The_Filthy_Commie@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    A thought experiment came to mind:

    Let’s imagine that ‘‘socialist indoctrination’’ exists, and it teaches people about: sharing, having empathy, community, working together, supporting those in need, and also vindicating the struggles of minorities, be them ethnic or of gender, taking back the economic power from a few and giving it to the many, making housing, healthcare and education a right, because everybody needs those, ending racism, because under a socialist society ethnic differences and cultural values are respected and given a voice, having diversity, and other wholesome stuff.

    Now, let’s say this is all that our propaganda talks about, ok, now what does capitalist or liberal propaganda speak about? The individual, wealth as measure of power and influence, ‘‘checks and balances’’, ‘‘free market’’, how society is a collection of individuals each seeking their benefit at expense of others, ‘‘human nature’’, and all that crap…Now, we’ve seen the results of a society modeled this way.

    Now, tell me with a straight face which sounds better? I’d rather be ‘‘indoctrinated’’ into thinking everything is about community and living happy and fulfilling lives, instead of this dystopic individualistic Darwinism we call ‘‘society’’ in our liberal democracies. Like if both were lies, I’d still be a communist, because at face value, that creates a better world, and isn’t that what we all want? A better world? Well, it’s possible, kids, and Communism is the answer.

    spoiler

    Congratulations, you’ve just been ‘‘socialist indoctrinated’’.