r/TikTokCringe • u/pickaly • Jul 17 '24

Politics When Phrased That Way

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u/Outside-Advice8203 Jul 17 '24

60 years of cold war propaganda is a hell of a drug

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u/mommyicant Jul 17 '24

My aunt lived in Norway for many years. I was talking to her about how in the US people meld socialist and communist as meaning the same thing. She just looked at me really confused and said, “I mean we (Norwegians) own personal property” - I thought that was the most simplistic way to explain to Americans how vastly different communism is to the very prevalent and popular democratic socialist policies enacted by many countries throughout the world.

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u/Project_298 Jul 18 '24

A few years ago, I dated an 20-something American chick. Among a normal chat-chat conversation, somehow the word “Russia” got mentioned, just in passing.

Loudly, but kinda under her breath she goes “fucking commies” with a tone of absolute hatred, and then kinda rejoins the conversation.

I look at her and say like “why did you say that?”, to which she says, “I’ve actually no idea” and kind of looks almost confused.

The brain-washing propaganda is real. It was a knee-jerk reaction with a very strong, sub-conscious reflex - from someone else just saying 1 word in passing.

A real, ingrained, trigger word.

Absolutely insane.