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Harm reduction in the Netherlands (feddit.dk)

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[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Easy, all of our parents and grandparents were subject to government propaganda non-stop.

When we learned of propaganda in (American) Public Schools, it was always during the WWII lessons and Goebbels. Uncle Sam and Rosie the Riveter do not like talking about themselves or their family (nor do Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima, for that matter).

I do remember learning the term "yellow journalism" in high school, in reference to fake news in the 1920s...but the lesson, as I remember it, compared it to modern conspiracy rags (i.e. The Enquirer).

Brace yourselves, because modern "yellow journalsim" is now individually curated based upon your purchases/browser history/driving habits/heartrate/what percentage of your oven cycles are 400F for 18-21 minutes/what color you set the mood-light to, and whatever else some billionaire put their grubby mitts into.

Man, we used to laugh at people who said "they" were secretly tracking us. The only crazy part turned out thinking that it'd be secret.