Title, I'm a leftist but after reading some things on lemmygrad and here it seems I might have been lied to all my life. I have talked with some people from Cuba and Venezuela (expats) that support the west narrative about poverty and mismanagement. I "believe" that Russia is attacking Ukraine for selfish reasons and that China censors access to foreign information using the Great Firewall, please prove me wrong. Furthermore, it ultimately depends who do you want to believe or there are hard facts from reputable sources that are simply a hidden by the mass media?
EDIT: Thanks everyone for your very civil responses. I'll answer as many as I can!
Respectfully, if you’ve just gotten to the point where you’re recognizing that you may have been lied to all your life by US/western media, then you’re kinda throwing yourself into the deep end here asking for sources for any specific event/issue/policy.
This kind of propaganda is meant to seep into the psyche and once its done that it’s incredibly hard to exorcise.
In lieu of providing some sort of internet content to consume, I suggest starting with a simple thought experiment. Ask yourself: do I firmly believe that other people, anywhere in the world, are just as complicated and imperfect as me?
This might seem extremely obtuse but I believe that a lot of this stuff is a journey within. Especially since I noticed a comment of yours suggesting people might be “brainwashed”. If I simply told you “stop swallowing western propaganda” you wouldn’t listen bc you don’t want to feel foolish. The fact of the matter is that material conditions shape the lives of the people in their specific time and place. Whether something is good or bad or “selfish” etc is up to you. However, the main theme here is left unity. What isn’t up to you is solidarity, that includes AES. It’s called “critical” support for a reason. Nothing is above reproach and nowhere is perfect.