I am asking this question as a result of what I have seen on this forum, not what I saw when I was in the US, (which was a long time ago).
I definetely concur that there are the same problems around the world, but by far most severe in the US.
You for example dont seem to be brainwashed.
YES, there IS brainwashing in this country. But there isn't enough to diminish the likes of the OP's messages out of our hair.
Let's start with influences. Every entity which buys or commands time on the TV, Radio, news, drama shows, comedy shows and in print media ALL have something to sell.
"Sell" as in commerce and sell as in promote.
They are trying to influence us or sell us on the idea of doing something or thinking and acting a certain way.
The successes of Madison Avenue techniques in selling toothpaste have lent themselves to selling candidates and points of view. The appeal to one's deepest beliefs and core values is one kind of commercial appeal, such as we saw in the late Hal Riney's spots for Reagan (It's morning in America).
And yet the job of influencing the voters is made more difficult with our increasing sophistication with the media and the media process. Sometimes the effectiveness of a technique is diminished if we know it's a technique, though not always.
Do co-eds know they are being seduced? Most of the time, yes. Do they stop the process as they could by saying, "No"? Often times, they do not. Why not? Because the process is enjoyable.
It is pleasurable to be wooed even when you know it is a seduction in progress.
I could go on and on and on, but the idea here is that we enjoy being brainwashed or influenced as long as it is done well. And if we do not influence our own people they will be influenced by people like the OP, who I wouldn't want anywhere near any impressionable Americans. But due to the internet and free expression his access to them and their access to him and thousands like him who have no love for the USA is inescapable.
Therefore, the impressionable 'youts' (My Cousin Vinny) of this country are losing all sense of OUR culture because we are open to experiencing the propaganda and brainwashing of all other sorts of miscreants and 'maladapts'. The only way to keep America safe from these influences is to try to promote in OUR culture those values and ideals that serve America's interests and not those of other nations and cultures.
If anyone wants to fault the Bush administration for something, I believe this is THE SINGULAR MAJOR FAILING of the administration's entire 8 years.
They neglected the matter of communication to our own people of our own message. They put our governmental propaganda and brainwashing on neutral so that no one could accuse them of being Big Brother. But in so doing they left Americans open to being manipulated by others and now look at the crap that has sprung up.
Although, I suppose it could be worse.
I won't say how it could be worse for fear of inspiring those who might try to make it so.