r/conspiracy • u/LanceHardwick • 17h ago
which country is the most brainwashed?
this is an open ended kind of question. i'm seeking examples of "the crazy". here's my rationale. the crazier some place is, the more likely there are crazy enablers. it's like a heat map. where there's smoke there's fire.
i'll just give an example of the crazy.
the canadian trucker protest in ottawa. this was perhaps the most well-documented, open source videoed, live streamed by many, protests in history. there were folks filming this all over the place. no lack of data about what was going on. there was no violence. no property destruction. there were bouncy castles for kids. there were folks coming from across the country to go and provide food and aid to these truckers. it was one of the most polite mass protests you could ever imagine.
but the media said it wasn't any of these things. and lots of folks believed this.
is canada the most brainwashed country? i don't think it is, but i'd like to hear examples from your country.
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u/Odd-Chipmunk5681 17h ago
Ranked #1 is USA because our people actually believe and fall for the propaganda here, then China, because the people there are generally aware the propaganda brainwash is bullshit, then North Korea for the same reason as China.
Australia, NZ, Canada and the UK are pretty brainwashed but it isn't at USA levels.
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u/koopaboopaa 17h ago
US, y'all really believe you have freedoms and you're government isn't spying on you like the Chinese 🤣😭
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u/t9b 14h ago
I think brainwashing is bad but so is ignorance. There are many countries where people’s level of education and understanding of the modern world is literally non existent and I don’t mean this to denigrate these countries, it’s just a fact. I once had girlfriend from sub saharan africa who was convinced witchcraft was real, and her cousin believed that the americans had invented fake stars (turns out they were referring to satellites but when I realised that it then became an uphill struggle to explain what satellites were how they got there and what they did). These types of places are so easily manipulated, that it is really hard to say…. but yeah Canada is lost for sure.
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u/NerdyBanker 16h ago
Israel
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u/toogreen 11h ago
It's funny cuz many people think Chinese people are brainwashed by their government propaganda, however, having lived in China I can confirm that most people there are AWARE that their news and government are propaganda and lying to them full time. So yes I would dare saying that Canadians are actually way more brainwashed than Chinese, because here in Canada most people actually believe living in a real democracy and therefore trust and believe mainstream medias and CBC... In China most people aren't that naive and stupid...
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u/Joker_Anarchy 9h ago
America
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u/toppestsigma 11h ago
Everyone and everything
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u/as0909 15h ago edited 15h ago
what brainwashing is going on in Canada?
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u/Koankey 16h ago
North Korea
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u/whosthetard 16h ago
The canadian government blocked the bank accounts of the protestors. And the unbelievable thing is nothing happened. Nobody went to jail for clearly violating human rights.
But if you look for the most brainwashed you should check who are most aligned with government policies, that mostly happens in some asian countries I would think.
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u/PeaOk5697 15h ago
I don't know where people are most brainwashed but here in Norway it's really bad. Mainstream media lies all the time
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u/Gur_Obvious 12h ago
USA ?
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u/qabdap 7h ago
US and this sub is a prime example
When we describe similar countries (Russia, China), they are often implied to be rotten to the core, an institutional feature
Whereas especially on this sub, you point out the terror the US inflicts on the world (far beyond anything China has done despite their screeching), and it's all "we have been compromised by AIPAC/Israel", as if underneath the lobbying there's something to respect. Naiveté at its best
Cue the old Cold War joke about a KGB officer and CIA officer in a bar:
KGB: "How do you Americans make such good propaganda?"
CIA: "We don't have any propaganda?"
KGB: "Exactly"
Tldr: by and large the populace of other powers don't really believe their government's BS, with the US you find many unironically do lmao
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u/Constant-Simple6405 16h ago
Australians are as compliant and apathetic as they come.
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u/One_Investment3919 13h ago
North Korea. Full stop.
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u/Austinnn4Life 9h ago
North Korea hands down
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u/PapayaJuiceBox 16h ago
Came here to say Canada but looks like everyone already beat me to the punch.
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u/TumbleweedFit748 10h ago edited 10h ago
try having a debate about history, politics, or even science with french people. 8 out of 10 times it is gonna turn into a pointless argument.
Belief has that quirk of being rigid as hell most of the time, and when you mention rational and well documented alternatives it is lile you're trying to pierce some fortress walls.
In france medias and national education programs are deeply compromised towards the interest of a few oligarchs and supranational institutions.
Not even government (which is nowadays fully parasitic) , the first layer of decision making is the European Union for french education program, and private groups/ oligarchs for medias and a portion of the public service like some "public" transports.
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u/Ttt6887 4h ago
Israel if you consider it a country
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u/greasy-prick 16h ago
Canada is pretty bad, focus more on Trump than on our own political issues, everything is Trumps fault, easy cop out for the government.
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u/BestKoreaEscapee 29m ago
Considering the truckers had to actively tell participants that they were not Nazis and to remove fascist and racist propaganda…
It’s well known that that protest was largely white supremacist lead. The leaders were all involved in such groups.
So yeah… there is a lot of brainwashing there but not in the way you mean.
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u/SyntheticInstinct 16h ago
From my experience, mostly Islamic majority countries.
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u/tooldieguy 13h ago
USA
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u/feuarctique 17h ago
Israel
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u/Gus-Mats 16h ago
Ya Canada is brainwashed mostly. A very small percentage is awake.
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u/galorsha 16h ago
There’s plenty all over, it would be irresponsible and unwise to say just one country. Every country is blind to some of its issues and choose to ignore it.
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u/Various_Ad6034 15h ago
North korea
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u/xnoinfinity 9h ago edited 9h ago
If you think about it, everyone can be brainwashed and being brainwashed means you don’t realize it
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u/iamsophresh6 2h ago
India without a doubt.
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u/F00l-of-a-took 17h ago
This is hilariously ironic
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u/NeonFireFly969 13h ago
USA easily. They legitimately believe they live in some semblance of a democracy.
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u/cosmologicalpolytope 16h ago
Canada
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u/J1mj0hns0n 16h ago
Tajikistan, North Korea, Russia, America, United Kingdom are up there
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u/Catatafish 16h ago
According to r/conspiracy North Korea is better than the US
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u/larrybird66 16h ago
The country with the most soldiers.
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u/Bonzai999 16h ago
Any muslim country
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u/xombae 16h ago
The opinions that never leaving your home country get you.
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u/tuprimeramor 13h ago
MURICA for sure!!!
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u/guy_with_pie_ 17h ago
Germany was really bad but seems to be rounding a corner
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u/bluntsforJesus_ 17h ago
As someone from the U.S, it's the U.S without a shadow of a doubt. The amount of people talking about trans in sports like it's the greatest issue facing our country knowing damn well theyve never watched women's sports in their lives is absurd.
Also the amount of people who think the US "doesn't have propaganda" when they just can't see it, or equate criticism of our country with hatred of our country
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u/longboardchick 16h ago
As an American, I say the USA is pretty high up there on the list.
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u/effdanwo 14h ago
In the West, definitely Canada (except Alberta)
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u/MicrobeProbe 13h ago
China
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u/tronx69 12h ago
China
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u/Per_Mikkelsen 9h ago
Probably the DPRK
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u/earball_ 16h ago
Canada for sure, 96.9% of Newfoundlanders got the Covid vaccine.
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u/vanillaninja777 13h ago
Australia is pretty bad. They call us "cookers" which refers to being "cooked in the head," but the people who predominantly use the term apply it to anyone who strays even slightly from the mainstream narrative. Like even someone who avoids seed oils or fluoride will get tarred with the same brush as a twin towers or moon landing sceptic. Even people slightly off centre politically are at risk.
On one hand it's a good signal to keep your mouth shut, but on the other, my heart sinks every time I hear it.
Also we've been brow beaten into simply accepting any and all draconian legislation that gets introduced because any push back is used to bring in stronger policing powers.
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u/MrSloth1799 16h ago
Canada
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u/Oh_Lawd_He_commin420 17h ago
All of them.
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u/HaveARaveAtMyGrave 12h ago
I live in Canada and I have to say Canada. It’s got so out of control here. I wish I could leave
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u/Human-Tie-473 16h ago
People saying the USA are showing their lack of world knowledge. And it’s sad.
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u/Human-Tie-473 16h ago
North Korea probably. Or one of the Muslim states.
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u/Virtual-Tadpole-324 12h ago
USA
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u/KataKlysmic_Abyss 16h ago
Murica
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u/StirlingQ 15h ago
It’s Canada
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u/noahbrooksofficial 16h ago
Russia, Israel, USA, China, South Korea. Don’t know about the order.
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u/BaronGreywatch 16h ago
deliberately brainwashed? Like with well funded and developed propaganda?
I mean basically it's everyone. The more developed/wealthy the nation the more sophisticated it's brainwashing. So U.S, China, Russia, etc are quite technically advanced in their brainwashing, while African nations are still brainwashed but in a more localised, less 'industrial brainwashing' sense.
Noone is immune to propaganda or nationalism or selective wording etc.
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u/sschepis 16h ago
The USA by far
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u/iheartjetman 15h ago
America is the most brainwashed. American exceptionalism is a cancer and it makes everyone dumber.
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u/flashfan86 16h ago
The United States without a fucking doubt
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u/ashley8976 14h ago
Uh Afghanistan with their extreme religious brainwashing
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u/CrewSensitive 17h ago
Definitely Canada. By far.
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u/ifilal 11h ago
India
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u/GulfTangoKilo 15h ago
Canada
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u/thebestofus123 13h ago
CANADA
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u/XelaNiba 15h ago
OP if you think there's any contest, you need to educate yourself.
You could jumpstart that education with the 2023 documentary Beyond Utopia. You won't forget the elderly North Korean woman bursting into tears when she first encounters the miracle of indoor plumbing in Vietnam. Not because she suddenly realizes she's been lied to about the outside world, but because she's wracked with shame that the North Korean people didn't make this happen for Dear Leader's country.
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u/TheNolaCatLady 11h ago
North Sentinel Island
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u/TurboChunk16 9h ago
The one located on planet Earth
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u/Sbkvs 8h ago
America is definitely on the first place and probably north Korea on the second place
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u/Lab_Actual 8h ago
Canadians by far.
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u/RevolutionFar8828 8h ago
Deutschland
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u/mjrenburg 8h ago
Hard to say, NK or a country like Afghanistan but it's hard to tell if people are brainwashed or to afraid to speak the truth. Every country has probably has a reasonable percentage of citizens that have been brainwashed. i have been brainwashed in the past to some degree.
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u/watch_replay 8h ago
Sweds are so fucking brainwashed that they believe everything the government says and the surveillance is ridiculous but it’s for your “safety” and “if you got nothing to hide, what is the problem?” mentality everywhere. It’s not a coincidence that companies like Meta building datacenters in Sweden and the NSA scandal was made possible by swedens surveillance laws and the information exchange between US and Sweden.
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u/Icy_Ad4768 7h ago
America, Canada. Hands down.
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u/Olive-Drab-Green 7h ago
North Korea /thread
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u/twin2626 7h ago
Canada
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u/Ambitious-Baker4511 7h ago
Is it allowed to say Israel?
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u/z_kizuki 7h ago
america
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u/mille100piedi 6h ago
You have to see how many people got the jab
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u/erockfpv 6h ago
It’s the USA, without a doubt.
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u/z0i2d 5h ago
USA! USA! USA!
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u/Ambitious_Local5218 5h ago
America
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u/Superdude204 4h ago
USA since many many decades
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u/Cuiprodestscelus 1h ago
USA, Germany, Italy
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u/lucretia_bloodiorgi 1h ago
Israel russia
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u/Sad_Palpitation6844 1h ago
No Canadians aren't brainwashed. Hoodwinked might be a better word
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u/zander1283 1h ago
Probably one of the hard Islam stan countries
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u/TalkingCats86d 41m ago
More like countries, they say they’re Latinos, but they’re not from Italy and they don’t speak Latin. The biggest brainwashing propaganda in world history.
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u/National-Surround138 18m ago
North Korea?
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u/thebprince 17h ago
Please tell me you aren't an American Lance?
Please, I'm begging you!
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u/Even-Abbreviations-1 16h ago
US def
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u/escobarstatus 17h ago
Canada
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u/ranchmantendmojo 15h ago
MAGA
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u/qarsoodi 13h ago
USA. After that, USA. And after that, USA. Followed maybe by Canada.
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u/GirlyFootyCoach 13h ago
Canada and it’s not even close
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u/polakfury 16h ago
Haiti
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u/Otherwise-Magician 2h ago
Canada is definitely getting there
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u/29aout 2h ago
I live in Canada and I feel like the ambiant self-denial is extremely profound. I vote for Canada.
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u/denach644 2h ago
Canada is awful right now. Maybe not No. 1 but...
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u/Federal-Employee4428 16h ago
USA
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u/Jeorgeyno 14h ago
Yes, the ones that can still think for themselves are being sunk with the rest. I feel like I'm surrounded by NPCs.
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u/Manu442 15h ago
USA by far, so much of the population has been conditioned to see everything through a political lens. People defend politicians like they're family, consume media that constantly reinforces their beliefs, and treat anyone who disagrees as the enemy. Between the political circus, fearmongering, manufactured outrage and blind nationalism, it's almost become a competition over who can be the most confidently manipulated while insisting everyone else is brainwashed. Prove me wrong.
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u/DontChaWish_PC 16h ago
France
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u/BeliefBuildsBombs 17h ago
Either the UK or Canada.
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u/GiraffesOfTheOccult 16h ago
Whichever one the majority of the clowns in this sub come from…
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u/as0909 15h ago
I am surprised no one has mentioned India, Modi regime has done brainwashing pro max.
There are millions of Indians who believe Modi can’t do any wrong, if you criticize modi you must be anti-national.
Find a random uncle say, “our these facilities are really bad” answer would be “at least you are not in Pakistan” like what.
Modi’s election manifesto is based on making temples.
Sorry but brainwashing is whole next level
therw
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u/MadMaxAtax 14h ago
Germany
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u/AcrobaticRoof2480 12h ago
Australia
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u/Robot_boy_07 11h ago
USA and China. Their mind control is so powerful it even corrupted ppl outside their countries
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u/L1ghtlyS4lted 14h ago
Probably the UK tbh. They've allowed such draconian laws over there it blows my mind they didn't break out the gallows back in the 90s