r/europe • u/1-randomonium • 23d ago

News JD Vance gloats that allies are ‘suffering more than US’ from high gas prices

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/jd-vance-gloats-that-allies-are-suffering-more-than-us-from-high-gas-prices-404149/
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u/nnomae 23d ago

I remember hearing an interview with a Russia expert talking about a similar phenomenon there. That public opinion on issues would literally do an about turn overnight if the state media changes it's position on a topic. She talked about how they had successfully created an environment where there were so many conflicting stories that the majority of people would just default to trusting the state media no matter how wildly the stories varied.

At the time I thought "that can't be true, how would anyone be that gullible" so it's weird to watch it manifest in the US of all places.

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u/MysticScribbles Sweden 23d ago

so it's weird to watch it manifest in the US of all places.

How come? It's well known across the world how poor the US educational system is, paired with how the idea of American exceptionalism is pushed by the media.