• Altofaltception@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Times have also changed. The information available on our fingertips is showing that things are not as black and white as they seem. Back during the world wars, mass propaganda convinced us to go fight for imperialist reasons (remember, we did not go to war with Nazis over their treatment of the Jews).

    It’s a lot harder to convince a populace to go to war when it’s not clear the opponent is entirely in the wrong.