I totally remember being a little kid at that time, not knowing exactly what was wrong and being like "I don't have anything to compare this to, but this social zeitgeist seems stupid and ham-flavored. Thanks a lot, adults in my life, now I have to spend decades trying to figure out what I mean by that."
But yeah seeing all the "grownups" turn into baying war pigs and cheer on a genocidal bombing campaign at a young age was like a vaccine against ever buying into US War propaganda again.
I totally remember being a little kid at that time, not knowing exactly what was wrong and being like "I don't have anything to compare this to, but this social zeitgeist seems stupid and ham-flavored. Thanks a lot, adults in my life, now I have to spend decades trying to figure out what I mean by that."
But yeah seeing all the "grownups" turn into baying war pigs and cheer on a genocidal bombing campaign at a young age was like a vaccine against ever buying into US War propaganda again.
That and the racism and Islamophobia (:same-picture:) which rapidly overtook the West.
I remember people sharing shit like this and actually believing it :yea: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/la-confidential/