> pretending that people can't be affected by propaganda because they'll think their way out of it is a dumb position to take Who is that addressed to? Who wou

> pretending that people can't be affected by propaganda because they'll think their way out of it is a dumb position to take Who is that addressed to? Who would pretend? Just the phrasing of that statement seems strange. It implies an understanding that propaganda serves a function. It always has, that's why the term exists. I didn't imply or assert that a population would "think its way out of it".