And I’d imagine that this applies to politics as well. Given the popularity of /c/autism, there seems to be a correlation between autistic people and political beliefs on Lemmy that seem resistant to propagandized beliefs, though it may that other propaganda just hadn’t kicked off here in earnest yet.
I’d love to get your subjective opinions on this with caveat that correlation does not imply causation.
Also hope this isn’t sensitive. Figure this would help me the autistic community
What is this assumption even based on? This is a left-wing echo chamber made up of people who largely share the same beliefs. Of course we think our views are the right ones, that we see the truth, and that those people over there are just morons or victims of propaganda. But the reality is that people on the other side of the political spectrum think exactly the same thing. Naturally, you assume you’re immune to it all - just like everyone thinks they’re an above-average driver.
No one really realizes that they consume propaganda. To most people, there are true statements an propaganda. True statements align with their beliefs, whereas propaganda doesn’t. The way we conceptualize propaganda means that we are all ‘resistant’ to it by definition.
I like to think I’m resistant to it, that I recognize nuances in places where other people don’t. But I know that when I think something is good, there’s a very big chance I only have one side of the story and my opinion may be completely different if I had approached it from that other perspective.
The overwhelming trend from Americans here seem to be far (for america) left political views.
There are outliers, and this could be a correlation or Lenny’s own form of propane’s, but there’s still a lot of disagreement in the comments over the finer points a lot of the time (as Reddit once was like) so imo there is some evidence of broad resistance to at least some forms of propaganda here. Given also how much of it is outright critical of many of the more mainstream forms of propaganda.
It’s admittedly a weak correlation based on personal experience browsing /r/all so it would be absurd to imply anything causal re: autism but thinking about that got me thinking about this and also a better chance to understand some members of another type of neurotypical so I figured I’d ask.