To say that propaganda is part of the art of persuasion would be stretching the meaning of persuasion beyond its general usage. Persuasion implies a respect fo

To say that propaganda is part of the art of persuasion would be stretching the meaning of persuasion beyond its general usage. Persuasion implies a respect for its recipient and their rational faculty and trying to convince them by reasonable evidence and arguments. That is missing from propaganda. In fact, propaganda and advertising is most often the opposite, in that it aims to overpower the rational faculty with irrational appeals to emotion.