• masquenox@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    They don’t seem that traumatized when they are literally filming their own war crimes and posting them on Instagram for all the fascist clicks.

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      The only way I could rationalize the OG Nazis…trying to get into their head and how they managed to do the things they did…was that they were straight up brainwashed.

      It sounded crazy when I was younger. Like, something out of a comic book instead of a history book.

      But as I watch and try to critically understand how the modern propaganda machine works, I can’t help but wonder if maybe I was right.

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        OG Nazis experienced the same thing. Killing people on en masse mentally fucks with your head, even if the individuals you kill are perceived as vermin/degenerates. This is why they moved on to using other means that is more dehumanizing i.e. pressing a button for the gas chamber

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        Brainwashing is perfectly easy. Just ask the US Marine Corps.

        That creepy thing people in the US do, hanging flags in front of their houses? That’s brainwashing. That’s what it looks like.

        That’s how easy it is.