Liberals are just as low-information as MAGAs, they just use media sources with a cleaner sheen of faux respectability. They believe in a large number of myths foundational to their political beliefs, part of their nationalist, pro-bourgeouis democratic ideology. When you tell them the US stands for international law and human rights they nod along and say, “yeah that’s right and we’re good unlike those [designated enemies]”. The fact that both the US and Israel constantly flout intentional law, their own treaties, commit war crimes, etc etc doesn’t register as a real challenge to their beliefs at first. They still have v the designated enemies to compare to and can quickly stop thinking about the inconsistency by plunging themselves back into the capitalist media rationalization machine (pervasive ready-made narratives).
It’s possible to break through the pattern but a lot of people get stuck in it.
I agree. One of my brothers is the epitome of this. As far as he’s concerned, the NY Times is all you need. A lifetime (or longer) of propaganda can be hard to overcome. Being relatively comfortable and raising young kids also seems to make it extra hard to accept certain unpleasant realities.
Liberals are just as low-information as MAGAs, they just use media sources with a cleaner sheen of faux respectability. They believe in a large number of myths foundational to their political beliefs, part of their nationalist, pro-bourgeouis democratic ideology. When you tell them the US stands for international law and human rights they nod along and say, “yeah that’s right and we’re good unlike those [designated enemies]”. The fact that both the US and Israel constantly flout intentional law, their own treaties, commit war crimes, etc etc doesn’t register as a real challenge to their beliefs at first. They still have v the designated enemies to compare to and can quickly stop thinking about the inconsistency by plunging themselves back into the capitalist media rationalization machine (pervasive ready-made narratives).
It’s possible to break through the pattern but a lot of people get stuck in it.
I agree. One of my brothers is the epitome of this. As far as he’s concerned, the NY Times is all you need. A lifetime (or longer) of propaganda can be hard to overcome. Being relatively comfortable and raising young kids also seems to make it extra hard to accept certain unpleasant realities.