I stand by my original statement: consider yourself fortunate. The problem isn't that I'm consuming propaganda; it's that the people around me are consuming propaganda, despite best efforts.
If you haven't seen compassionate and reasonable friends and family turn into paranoid, irrational, hate-filled conformists as they become Extremely Online, then in all sincerity, consider yourself fortunate.
i deleted the first comment because it was making assumptions about you. That an inability to understand what the original poster meant could only signify trolling demonstrated to me a lack of either imagination or good will. Given this is HN, I assumed the latter, but upon reflection decided that it didn't necessarily follow. Accordingly, I deleted the post.
I figured I should then at least have the candor to sign post what I perceived to be the original poster's intent since you and others seemed to have trouble with it. Given your hostile response to that response (naturally after having been attacked) I won't continue to try.
In all honesty, if you're that insulated from the current zeitgeist, consider yourself fortunate.
Compare the "Seattle freeze" to "Minnesota nice" or "Southern hosoitality." There's a reason blue areas generally have reputations as being cliquey and hostile while red areas generally have reputations of friendliness and hospitality.
I stopped keeping in contact with my friends when I realized that it was more trouble than it was worth. I grew up. They didn't. I'd rather spend time nurturing my kids than talk about the latest infantilized product that they're consuming or their furrogate babies. Someone might ask "Maybe you need to find new friends," but why? I don't need to validate my identity or views. Most social hobbies are tedious timesinks. Other parents make shortsighted, contagious decisions concerning their kids behavior; Why should I even open that attack surface? It's all just so tiresome.
If you haven't seen compassionate and reasonable friends and family turn into paranoid, irrational, hate-filled conformists as they become Extremely Online, then in all sincerity, consider yourself fortunate.