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[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Human psyche is susceptible to manipulation.

[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It mostly works on people already bigoted and hateful, I think. A decent person may have inaccurate picture, but indecent people support it more

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's a chicken and egg situation. Do terrible people support zionism? Or does zionism make people terrible? I'm pretty sure it's the second option. People of all religions (especially civil religion) are brainwashed into this cult from birth.

[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

I think it’s all part of the child abuse cycle; people manipulated and humiliated while young, without a person to speak up for them, tend to support these types of things. And a lot of their children will too.

But those who had more nurturing and love tend to not support ideologies which dehumanize, and can recognize more when something promotes senseless violence. They are also more decent adults.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 day ago

but unlike most of the other cults; people who escape from this cult are not popularly heeded.