Why did the Greatest Generation fall for propaganda so easily? - Lemmings in real time

[StMaryPiper]

It’s shocking how easily those WWII era people allowed themselves to be lied to. Looking back at WWII propaganda there was so little push back especially in America with no pushback after Pearl Harbor. The average Joe, during the worst of the depression unironically gave money to the military industrial complex and Jews for no fucking reason. Say what you will about Boomers but they outright refused the Jewish call to war on several occasions. What did the “Greatest Generation” have that made them such puppets?

 

[Penis Drager 2.0]

The people had a much greater level of trust in their government overall. The term "propaganda" hadn't picked up as much of a negative connotation yet and mass media didn't have their eyes constantly peeled for the next scandal to spin out of proportion. On top of that, there was already a rising pro-war sentiment exacerbated by the troubled economy. Joining the forces was still a valid means of escaping poverty back then.
The final punchline? The boomers fell for propaganda as well. The propaganda just came from a different list of sources. All those images of naked gooks burning alive were taken and distributed for propaganda purposes.

The question is never "how susceptible to propaganda are you?" It's always been "who's propaganda do you trust?"

 

[dick brain]

The average Joe, during the worst of the depression unironically gave money to the military industrial complex and Jews for no fucking reason.

Yeah I'm sure glad it's not like that anymore.

 

[SentinentCloud]

it helps the govt was a bit less cringe

 

[StMaryPiper]

Yeah I'm sure glad it's not like that anymore.

I’d say that it’s been a lot better in the modern internet age. Kiwi Farms in of itself proves that. This type of form would not exist in any other era. Even if the masses are sheep

 

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

what was the alternative back then? become a communist? being a fifth columnist back then carried more severe penalties as well, even if you didn't buy the official bullshit you weren't likely to be advertising it.

 

[draggs]

pol rapefugees are as tiresome as communists

 

[AMHOLIO]

We didn't have the internet or the fallout of Watergate to think about things. There was previous scandals like the Teapot Dome but when an army bombs the shit out of Hawaii unprovoked (as far as you know) you get pissed. Were you there for 9/11 fever?

 

[Meat Target]

There was higher public trust because people back then had a government that wasn't actively hostile to them.

Hitler declared war on the US, not the other way around.

 

[dick brain]

I’d say that it’s been a lot better in the modern internet age. Kiwi Farms in of itself proves that. This type of form would not exist in any other era. Even if the masses are sheep

 

[Gangstalker #32194]

People were not as adjusted (immunity is about the same) to propaganda techniques. It's one reason WWIII is a much harder sell, most of the reliable stuff has been done to death.

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

What the fuck are these replies? Were you niggas alive during covid?

90% of the wester world, not just one german country, fell for so much propaganda that the vaxxed were warming up the ovens to feed 100's of millions of 'unclean' people to them.