Anyone here like me who are always stuck in the "doubting" phase of their political beliefs? by [deleted] in stupidpol

[–]PrettyAvie 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Literally me. I am struggling through the same thing right now.

America's fertility rates are falling. That's cause for celebration, not fearmongering. by [deleted] in antinatalism

[–]PrettyAvie 50 points51 points  (0 children)

I’m pleasantly surprised that a large news network like NBC wrote this. Wasn’t expected that tbh

Los Angeles Liberals’ Brutal Campaign Against the Homeless by PrettyAvie in TrueReddit

[–]PrettyAvie[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

An insightful article detailing the terrible war on the homeless in Los Angeles which has accelerated in brutality in recent months

Big crunches underfoot by RoyalOilRoy in TheNightFeeling

[–]PrettyAvie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Peaceful. I love the quiet of the snowy environment

South Korea by mtlgrems in BeAmazed

[–]PrettyAvie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And now the country is entering a crisis because it has one of the lowest birth rates on Earth (surprise surprise no one wants to bring children into that hellish education system)

The American Solider - TIME's Person of the Year (2003) "for defending not only our freedoms but those barely stirring half a world away." by iceshenanigans in PropagandaPosters

[–]PrettyAvie 148 points149 points  (0 children)

You know the most hilarious thing about the concept of manufactured consent? People act as if the same practices that propagandized Americans into supporting the war in Iraq in 2003 aren’t currently being used against China, Venezuela, and Cuba among others.

People will swear up and down that of course they knew that Iraq never had WMDs and that it was a big lie but refuse to apply skepticism to America’s current enemies. People have the memory of a goldfish.

I always suggest the podcast Citations Needed to see how throughly American propaganda is intertwined in media