Yeah, "wholesome" without an ability to criticize and acknowledge reality leads to being incredibly uninformed and driven almost entirely by propaganda.
Like not thinking about the "problematic" or "difficult" aspects of the civil rights movement and instead focusing on a "wholesome" picture of a cop hugging a black person or something.
It can absolutely create people who want to avoid the contradictions instead of confronting them because they themselves are moderately comfortable.
That being said, wholesome stuff in general can be good. It's just also a very useful propaganda tool (see dogswithjobs and copaganda)
Yeah, "wholesome" without an ability to criticize and acknowledge reality leads to being incredibly uninformed and driven almost entirely by propaganda.
Like not thinking about the "problematic" or "difficult" aspects of the civil rights movement and instead focusing on a "wholesome" picture of a cop hugging a black person or something.
It can absolutely create people who want to avoid the contradictions instead of confronting them because they themselves are moderately comfortable.
That being said, wholesome stuff in general can be good. It's just also a very useful propaganda tool (see dogswithjobs and copaganda)