"Americans are baffled"?

[crow@irlqt.net]

@anolandria@mastodon.social

Soviet spy and his American guard share a cigarette in Berlin, the American finishes a drag and passes the cig, "You know, I'll give you Russians one thing, your regime really excels at is propaganda. The posters, the slogans, they're quite something and they're everywhere." the Soviet exhales smoke and replies, "You're too kind, but our propaganda doesn't hold a candle to yours." The American pauses before taking his turn at the dwindling cigarette, frowns slightly and says "What do you mean? We don't have a propaganda program." The Soviet chuckles.

[em_and_future_cats@mastodon.social]

@anolandria this American isn’t surprised in the least , (if you talked to me 15 years ago that something like this would happen I would have been very surprised and incredulous about it) yet here we are 🫩

[anolandria@mastodon.social]

@crow Yep. Classic.

[anolandria@mastodon.social]

@jojo Agreed.

[sstrader@masto.ai]

@anolandria Source: https://thespectaclemag.substack.com/p/americans-are-baffled-to-discover

[frenchresponse@mastodon.social]

@anolandria the same people who are talking of creating a freedom.gov VPN to avoid EU censorship ?
No way...

[el_coyote@mastodon.social]

@anolandria im not baffled. Some of us here in the USofA don’t believe in any of this red white n blue hype bullshit over here, and pretty much ridicule it altogether. I didn’t choose to be born in this trashy excuse of a country. I would’ve picked Costa Rica if I had a choice.

Lots of folks here drink the social media koolaid but don’t think it’s all of us.

I never had a ʞoꓕʞᴉꓕ in my life. F ʞoꓕʞᴉꓕ.

[chuff@bark.wolp.chat]

https://youtube.com/shorts/Oq2_DoCGizs

Need I say more?

[lightfighter@infosec.exchange]

@anolandria Anything less than a flashbang through their car window will not overcome the cognitive dissonance.

[jackmexa4@mastodon.social]

@anolandria

‍️Not baffled, but not USan either.

[anolandria@mastodon.social]

@JackMexa4 fair.

[anolandria@mastodon.social]

@TheGreatLlama OK yah, that's true.

[anolandria@mastodon.social]

@frenchresponse The same.

[anolandria@mastodon.social]

@Sfwmson It's literally why we bought it.

[anolandria@mastodon.social]

@sstrader thank you. I couldn't bring myself to link substack.

[passwordsarehard4@mastodon.social]

@anolandria it’s not more censored it’s just less intelligently censored.

[grumpydad@infosec.exchange]

@anolandria Land of the [redacted] home of the [redacted]

[drwho@masto.hackers.town]

@anolandria What the media says people think, and what people actually think do not necessarily intersect.

[dyingworld@mastodon.social]

@anolandria Americans who only consume American news media are thoroughly hoodwinked

[celeste_42bit@infosec.exchange]

@anolandria It needs A LOT to break through the US exceptionalism and pride...