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Interesting question, I know I was like 7-8 when we invaded Iraq, living in the south and definitely propagandized (I remember they played "Proud to be an American" in the cafeteria for weeks after 9/11)
I didn't know any better, afraid of/hated Muslims and remember asking a teacher why we didn't just nuke all of the Middle East ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
I don't remember getting a rebuke at all.
Now I see how we were all played by the propaganda machine
Yes, exactly. The same people who are doing the antivax/antimask propaganda were the same ones who masturbated furiously to Toby Keith songs and called all of us who said "BAD IDEA!!!" traitors, America-haters, and every other slur under the sun. Never once have they apologized to Dixie Chicks even twenty years later having finally recognized the war for the sham it was. Still, those who hate the COVID response will still get mad as hell if you suggest cutting the "defense" budget. None of these people care about the money or the debts incurred or the astronomically high interest bill; their only concern is "will we be able to kill or punish someone?" regardless of the necessity.