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Define "people under 18" (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 week ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
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[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 89 points 1 week ago (3 children)

You might not be familiar with it but "people under 18" is a long standing propaganda trope.

What Reuters could have said is "Children, defined as people under 18". But they hit the "people under 18" keyphrase.

[–] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

It's because they want people to mentally subtract "military-age males" from the figures.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

"Children, defined as people under 18"

People under 18 whom it defines as children

Aside from including your 'meme phrase', I don't see the difference

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Women and children are usually two subsequent words which imply innocent people not involved in any combat.

[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh, didn't know about the meme, thanks