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!

  • UnicodeHamSic [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    The marketplace of ideas is fake. Debate doesn't work. People either leave on the side they came in with or go with the side they hear the most. Letting cognitohazards just float about consumes the time of good people to fight, and the brains of everyone else to consider. There is no upside to having garbage everywhere.

      • UnicodeHamSic [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        Are you asking me if it is fascism to not waste time hearing out fascists?

        • marderbot [none/use name]
          hexagon
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          1 year ago

          Debate doesn’t work. People either leave on the side they came in with or go with the side they hear the most.

          That sounds like “don’t think and don’t hear anyone else”

          • UnicodeHamSic [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            You are aware you can evaluate ideas in ways other than watching two nerds be wrong at each other?