Reply #3: Yes, we were saturated.

[No Elephants]

I have been told that the reason that our captured troops were so susceptibe to thorough brainwashing during the Korean War was that they had never been told the full truth about things like slavery, Original Americans and other things in American history that were less than admirable (to understate vastly).

I have no idea if that is true or not, but it is what I was told and it seems plausible.

However, I think that we have been willing to believe all that because we also believe(d?) that the nation was actually a democracy.

Of course, I cannot prove that. It could also be that we are just a docile nation and obedient nation.

I was hopeful in 2008. Since then, I have experienced a lot, read a lot and noticed a lot. I don't know how hopeful I am now that there will ever be a revolution, peaceful or not.