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I would prefer HN to be a place where things like "socialist propaganda" aren't thrown around so loosely. Thanks.

• dollar 11y ago
  I'd prefer a world where propaganda wasn't mistaken for journalism. I think it's important to label things what they are. Why is this piece propaganda? Because it presupposes a solution for a perceived problem and appeals to the popular. The problem is that the middle class and poor feel like they are struggling. But that's not what this piece says, it simply says that some people have more. Some people have too much. Way too much. It implies that the solution is to "fix" the income of the people that have "too much". See?
  • chad_walters 11y ago
    Please point out where in the article a solution is discussed at all.
  • hfourm 11y ago
    As the other response said, this isn't really a propaganda piece. Unless you are reallllly overanalyzing it, which it seems you are. Based on your comment it seems like your own beliefs and opinions were also hard at work projecting themselves on the intentions of the author. Maybe income inequality pieces are appealing so some populist yearning of the middle and lower class. But it is also frustrating because your comment seems to be linked with some underlying belief that socialism is an inherently bad thing. Which, IMO, belongs on a facebook thread of the uneducated and unthoughtful.