A "must see" film

Nothing woke.

I was shocked to learn just how brainwashed the North Koreans are. Of course, we all know they are brainwashed, but this is next level. I couldn't help but to reflect on the propaganda that is also brainwashing Americans and others, just to a lesser degree. And yes, it even affects you and me, just even less.

When I was in high school, my history teacher would start almost every day with a 5 minute story about how if you run after a bus the bus driver will intentionally go slow enough for you to almost keep up before leaving you in the dust. Instead, he said, you should just smile and wave the bus goodbye.

Now, over 40 years later, when I try to run for a bus an invisible force grips me and I often cannot overcome it. (I'm American, but I'm in Europe at the moment, so yeah, buses.) That is the power of repetition, the cornerstone of propaganda. I now realize this was the valuable lesson my history teacher was teaching. But f*ck him for permanently brainwashing me. 1/2 ;)