America is one of the most propagandized countries in the world, and we don’t even know it. I began to realize it when I heard that most countries find it creepy how we have an American flag in every school classroom. We are one of maybe 4 countries in the world to do that - one of which is North Korea. And then I learned about Nazi Germany and Hitler’s Youth, and I felt really uncomfortable about how we make little kids pledge their undying loyalty to the country every morning in school. We have military recruiters going into high schools to advertise to kids, calling them on their cell phones and visiting their houses. We have ads on TV and Hollywood blockbusters that are also just ads for the military.
Most Americans die within 10 miles of where they were born, and many never leave their hometown. Even fewer leave their home state, and even less visit another country.
There are people who want things to get better - things did for a brief period of time. We went from having to make up a new kind of sexuality to convince women that men who showered more than once a week and wore nice clothes weren’t gay to gay marriage and openly trans people in the government. But there are so many goose stepping “I’m a Republican, I vote for the nominee” idiots and white suburbanites who care more about a negative peace than real change that it took just a little push in the country Hitler referred to as “the sisterland across the ocean” for “Never again” to happen again.
We are a deeply fucked up country whose entire identity is built on the idea of a reality that has never existed. We have a slim chance of changing that, but it’ll be impossible until we clean the fascists out of office and the white supremacy at the core of our culture.
America is one of the most propagandized countries in the world, and we don’t even know it. I began to realize it when I heard that most countries find it creepy how we have an American flag in every school classroom. We are one of maybe 4 countries in the world to do that - one of which is North Korea. And then I learned about Nazi Germany and Hitler’s Youth, and I felt really uncomfortable about how we make little kids pledge their undying loyalty to the country every morning in school. We have military recruiters going into high schools to advertise to kids, calling them on their cell phones and visiting their houses. We have ads on TV and Hollywood blockbusters that are also just ads for the military.
Most Americans die within 10 miles of where they were born, and many never leave their hometown. Even fewer leave their home state, and even less visit another country.
There are people who want things to get better - things did for a brief period of time. We went from having to make up a new kind of sexuality to convince women that men who showered more than once a week and wore nice clothes weren’t gay to gay marriage and openly trans people in the government. But there are so many goose stepping “I’m a Republican, I vote for the nominee” idiots and white suburbanites who care more about a negative peace than real change that it took just a little push in the country Hitler referred to as “the sisterland across the ocean” for “Never again” to happen again.
We are a deeply fucked up country whose entire identity is built on the idea of a reality that has never existed. We have a slim chance of changing that, but it’ll be impossible until we clean the fascists out of office and the white supremacy at the core of our culture.