• toasteecup@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s a reference to the followers of Jimmy Jones who upon being asked consumed poison laced kool-aid. I think it’s a rather fitting statement

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      1 year ago

      oh finally I got some backstory on this. anyways my intent is to move away from pop culture. but I get your point, and I thank you

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        1 year ago

        I’m curious, why the desire to do such? Pop culture provides one of the biggest methods to allow for social cohesion amongst various social circles

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          pop culture it’s also a resonance chamber, where you get used to messages, finally losing deeper, inner meaning, in my opinion. propaganda, the term itself, won’t lose its meaning and, again in my opinion, ends being more effective. ty for asking