You don’t understand… Propaganda in the US is “flood the zone” style.
They intentionally spread crazy conspiracy theories to make us skeptical about fully documented conspiracies. It trains us to be skeptical or downplay things when we’re presented with evidence
So when you start talking about McKinsey, the heritage foundation, the world bank/IMF - people react as if you’re talking about lizard people. And even if you convince them, they assume it’s exaggerated, because real conspiracies are everywhere and often as stupid as the people involved
You don’t understand… Propaganda in the US is “flood the zone” style.
They intentionally spread crazy conspiracy theories to make us skeptical about fully documented conspiracies. It trains us to be skeptical or downplay things when we’re presented with evidence
So when you start talking about McKinsey, the heritage foundation, the world bank/IMF - people react as if you’re talking about lizard people. And even if you convince them, they assume it’s exaggerated, because real conspiracies are everywhere and often as stupid as the people involved
Propaganda works