Me, aged 14, in history class: "Wartime propaganda was so obvious though. How could anyone fall for that?" Me, aged 44, opening Twitter: "Oh."

Exactly this

Same 🤔

#WelcomeToIdiocracy

We have all effectively become tools of war, whether we want to or not.

If I get to the pearly gates this is my one question.

😂😭

For so so so long (as a kid) I was like, "why though?" and "how though?" when learning about "the past". I no longer have these questions.

there's a quote by julius caesar which is "men willingly believe what they wish" and it's been stuck in my head ever since i read it. people are like that even when it comes to transparent lies

Yep. Exactly. Same.

I just… I’m so tired. It IS so obvious though 😭