Being from the “backyard” of the USA, I can say that many many people back home are much more aware of the Empire’s doings in general.

That doesn’t mean that it made all of them leftists. There are a lot of liberals and fascists as well. But they kinda openly accept and praise the Empire.

People in the core live in this weird fantasy land where reality is entirely fabricated by myths forged by propaganda.

To the point where a major “experience” many more political people have is “waking up to the truth”.

Learning shit we used to learn in school for the first time in their lives lmao

Then either becoming communists or nazis.