Seems odd to me that the military in a supposedly "free country" produces propaganda that directly targets its own citizens.
Discuss.
Also, I'm getting out the :spray-bottle: and having :volcel-police: on standby for this thread, just in case.
A sword over two lighting bolts. I wonder what the inspiration for that was. :cure-for-fascism:
I wonder if that style of sword also has some sort of symbolism attached? :thinking-about-it:
I just might turn over state secrets if a cute guy asked
Can i pwease have the launch codes Barack? :speech-l::bottom-speak:
:shy:
:meow-melt: yes of course, i trust you
Imagine joining the Army Airborne and then learning that your job is to make TikToks. She's thinking about the one time she got to jump out of a plane and about how her entire life has been going downhill since that point.
You join PsyOps and its a requirement that you have to jump out of airplanes for funsies, THEN, you get to sit around all day in air conditioning making tiktocks.
Seems odd to me that the military in a supposedly “free country” produces propaganda that directly targets its own citizens.
Almost every war movie made in the USA is military propaganda, so... :vivian-shrug:
And, that lunchbaglujan tiktok account is quite the thirst trap.
Seems odd to me that the military in a supposedly “free country” produces propaganda that directly targets its own citizens.
was illegal until circa 2011
Seems odd to me that the military in a supposedly “free country” produces propaganda that directly targets its own citizens.
The US military has been joined at the hip with pro-sports since at least 9/11. If it seems odd to you now, I'm genuinely curious what country you've been living in.
Nevermind how military parades and other high profile publicly funded displays of patriotism have been downright routine since the age of the Pharaohs.
Literally when and where does this not happen? The only places that leap to mind are colonial enclaves in active open revolt against the foreign government.
military parades
Well you see, our military parades don't have goose-stepping, and that makes them not-fascist.
The US military has been joined at the hip with pro-sports since at least 9/11.
The tradition of flying military aircraft over stadiums at the start of even college-level games must seem bizarre to other countries.
If it seems odd to you now, I’m genuinely curious what country you’ve been living in.
Of course, I’m on this website and I frequently read and talk about this sort of thing, so it’s not actually odd to me. It was phrased that way to highlight the contradiction between US rhetoric and US action. The part that is genuinely odd is why so many people unironically refer to the US as a “free country”, despite many examples to the contrary. Sorry if that was a bit confusing.
the contradiction between US rhetoric and US action
Eh. I would say the contradiction lies not in the existence of propaganda in a free society (the very assertion of liberal "freedom" as a virtue is, itself, state propaganda). Propaganda will exist in every society, as the ruling class (be it bourgeoisie or proletariat) asserts its logical and moral positions.
I think the contradiction is in the disparity between what American state media espouses, what Americans claim they believe, and how those same Americans behave.
The insistence that we live in a free society coupled with the assertion that we are constantly under siege - both from without and within - and the constant call for the sacrifice of liberty in the name of security... it screams a lack of either.
This, combined with a public that assets the existence of a democracy, while constantly questioning the results of every election, every appointment, every law passed, every judicial decision reached... Again, it suggests a deep lack of conviction.
