• Velocity@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    Think 2 paradoxal truths, example.

    Like immigrants take our jobs.

    Vs

    Immigrants are all lazy welfare recipients.

    Anti immigration people believe both “factoids” while they contradict each other. They both feed the same agenda.

    Doublethink allows for both to be true from a state mandated/inspired point of view. Often carried by mainstream media.

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      2 days ago

      Oh that makes a ton of sense, sounds like we already are living through that by what im reading in your example, never even noticed that