That is not the claim, no one has ever claimed this.
The claim that a triumphant will is all it takes to overcome it (and by implication blaming people for not having that triumphant will) suggests that complete immunity to propaganda is just a choice of volition away. Even if it truly was, what is to be done about those who don't flip that propaganda rejection light switch, or don't even know it's there?
You in turn keep attributing what I said to "brainwashing theory." I didn't claim this and you keep throwing it at me anyway. It's tiresome and consequently we're talking past each other.
The claim that a triumphant will is all it takes to overcome it
No, the claim is that people have enough knowledge and access to information that they can debunk any piece of propaganda they see, but they make the rational choice not to and instead go along with it. This choice is not some free will idealistic choice, it happens due to the material conditions in which the people live and the social purpose of propaganda which lets them easily justify their dominant global position as a westerner. The point is that they don't have an actual excuse for "believing" propaganda, but that they go along with it mostly because they want to keep their privilege (or see it as a way to get some), even though on some level they know it's a bad thing.
The claim that a triumphant will is all it takes to overcome it (and by implication blaming people for not having that triumphant will) suggests that complete immunity to propaganda is just a choice of volition away. Even if it truly was, what is to be done about those who don't flip that propaganda rejection light switch, or don't even know it's there?
You in turn keep attributing what I said to "brainwashing theory." I didn't claim this and you keep throwing it at me anyway. It's tiresome and consequently we're talking past each other.
No, the claim is that people have enough knowledge and access to information that they can debunk any piece of propaganda they see, but they make the rational choice not to and instead go along with it. This choice is not some free will idealistic choice, it happens due to the material conditions in which the people live and the social purpose of propaganda which lets them easily justify their dominant global position as a westerner. The point is that they don't have an actual excuse for "believing" propaganda, but that they go along with it mostly because they want to keep their privilege (or see it as a way to get some), even though on some level they know it's a bad thing.