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Originally Posted by fjtorres
For that matter, in many of the societies, the hierarchical subjugation was so complete the subjugated themselves not only accepted domination as natural and proper but supported it and helped subjugate others. The ancient Persians are a perfect example but so are all the big empires from Egypt and China to Rome and Russia. Even the Athenians were quick to leverage the alliance to push back the Persians to establish hegemony over the region.
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Mmm yes, all that brainwashing...
I was in elementary school in the early 80s. The Cold War was at its peak and schoolteachers spoke about the evil American capitalists who wanted to make war on the good Soviet people. I doubt they themselves believed it (they were adults and we had access to Finnish TV in northern Estonia), but they were ordered to speak those things. I was a child, so naturally I believed them. And every time I heard an airplane flying in the night, I feared that it's the Americans coming to bomb us.
It's funny to remember it now, but the fear was very real for me then.