2026-11-01 20:56 UTC
@drahardja@sfba.social A former coworker, who grew up in the DDR, told me that that was what public life there was like in the last years before the wall fell. Everyone was so used to being propagandised to that most people kinda just assumed that everything was a lie.
In fact, in the regions of the DDR where Western media was available, people were generally *less* west-friendly - because they assumed that Western media was lying to them as well.
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@drahardja@sfba.social 2026-11-01 20:59
@datarama@hachyderm.io And that’s the toxic side-effect of the constant lies and propaganda, isn’t it? People lose the ability to build community based on good faith, because such enclaves are always under attack. Only community-building based on mutual trust and good faith can counteract the onslaught of bullshit, which is why it’s constantly under attack by profiteers.