When I was a kid and people talked about propaganda, I remember thinking how people who "fell for it" must be dumb or ignorant. Today I see propaganda everywhere.

I see it when my mother-in-laws thinks that people are celebrating in the street, cheering on Israel and the US liberating Iran from its tyrannical regime.

I see it in Canadian media which demonizes conflates Israel with Jews, and at every opportunity discusses what happens in Israel in only the most negative terms.

I see it right wing American media, which creates an artificial bubble of misinformation and distrust in facts and reality.

I see it in left wing American media, which hammers the same message onto people about identity over policy, and framing anyone with criticism of their conclusions as enemies to be reviled.

I no longer think that people who fall for propaganda as dumb or ignorant, but I don't know how to help people see different perspectives either.

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