I think it is mostly because of heavily ingrained western chauvinism and white supremacy. If you are normal, decent human being in the imperial core and if you have a sober view of the collective atrocities committed by the colonial, settler and imperial powers, I find it hard to see how you are not so consumed by tangible disdain of the foundation of your civilisation that you have the time and energy to stand shoulder to shoulder with neocons in criticising global south countries for their perceived flaws. I think it's because of racism more often than not.

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 22 points 1 month ago

I think it is mostly because of heavily ingrained western chauvinism and white supremacy.

us-foreign-policy sums up so much of why people in the West think the way they do

[–] darkernations@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I think it’s because of racism more often than not.

I think this plays a large factor. One can see this in the Philipines and India too (for the general populatuon rather than marxists alone). I think the propaganda often ends up being an advertisement for a license of bigotry rather a tool of "mind-control".