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AngryCanary 55 points ago +57 / -2

Humans are herd animals. To varying degrees of consciousness, nearly everyone looks for social cues to determine how to think and feel about anything. Americans give a shit about what the media gives a shit about. That's why even actual Democracies are slaves to those who own the printing presses. It's also why those with an interest in enslaving societies have an interest in owning and centralizing the media. The media has so much power they can make people hate themselves. Even countries like NK recognize that a centralized press is a more effective weapon of control than any amount of bullets.

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MassRelay 37 points ago +38 / -1

The media has so much power they can make people hate themselves.

I'll never forget discussing the state of things with a friend of mine last year and I asked him straight up "Do you hate being...you? Hate being <NAME>?"

He paused for a few seconds like something just hit him and said "Yeah". I just shook my head in disbelief. We haven't talked since.

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Flipbarryfromreddit 14 points ago +14 / -0

Yep, a girl told me she hates white ppl when she’s white herself, before blocking me. She posted all this horrible shit about us and I called her out saying she would never have called another race dirty and dumb like she did w whites

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Rginap 3 points ago +3 / -0

That’s so freaking crazy to me. I’m not white and I feel bad for all the white people who are vilified for being who they are. It’s so sad when there are people who hate themselves. Society is always telling us to be proud of ourselves, but I guess that only applies if you’re non-white.