Is puberty brainwashing?

It can but only one or other, at any given time. I’m asking you to be more clear about when you are doing which.

You are way the hell too flippant with your definitions.

Brainwashing means"

to forcibly compel someone to adopt radically different beliefs or attitudes through intense, often coercive, mental pressure, propaganda, or isolation. It implies a total takeover of thought, making a person repeat ideas or follow commands against their original convictions.”

What you are doing is mind masturbation.
I was just having a little fun with metaphors.

Puberty is a roller coaster ride. :man_raising_hand:

That’s sorta what they’re implying hormones to be, even saying that the only reason he’s into women and I’m into men is hormones and that prior to that it was some happy medium

This is always a fallacy. Not sure which one. Doesn’t matter. Hormones can’t override everything else about us.

Yeah they are part of the equation.

Western society is amongst the most brainwashed in the world.

Or is it simply intellectually lazy and coddled?

Based on what? Pretty sure every society thinks about that in regards to others.

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The overwhelming majority of legacy media around the world produces propaganda for their own Masters.

I said WESTERN SOCIETY is amongst the most brainwashed in the world and I base that on my travels to various regions. The reporting in the West has been more effective at propaganda because it has had the appearance of allowing criticism and freedom of speech, thus making it more believable. The trust is diminishing rapidly now though.

When censorship becomes more overt as it now is in the West, people start to question things more and the propaganda itself becomes less effective. George Orwell also mentioned similar in the foreword of one of his books (1984 I think).

Sooo….nothing. Got it.

Well the thing is…they don’t. It’s a nice sentiment but even if the censorship is bad unless it directly affects them people don’t really care.

It’s like MAGA people quitting the club now that gas prices hurt them, but not when black and brown people were being rounded up by ICE. People don’t give a shit unti it hurts them directly.

Propaganda works best when people are brainwashed to think they are free as is in the west

No they arent . No wonder called in the dark

Yeah they are, you’re the only one in the dark dude.

We comparably we are freer.

Show me. Feed with manure , Kept in the dark

Yes they are words

This is just empty nonsense, it’s not actual commentary on the world.

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Thats not how it works fellow. Show me

Dec & jan ???

https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2026/03/20/trump-approval-rating-stable-as-maga-mostly-backs-war-in-iran-but-majority-of-americans-dont/

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/20/poll-trump-maga-iran-war-support-00836556

Ahh facebook, of course.

But no his support is tanking and social media is clogged with former MAGA voters complaining of not being accepted after leaving MAGA. Mind you some of these voted for him 3 times.

Show me . …”…”……….. !!!