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> But recently flat out knowingly lying with the specific intent of deceiving people has become normalised. It’s a serious threat. It's literally propaganda. A
by NicoJuicy 6y ago
> But recently flat out knowingly lying with the specific intent of deceiving people has become normalised. It’s a serious threat.
It's literally propaganda. A Russian tactic called the firehose of falsehoods.
The trick is making the truth politically related, so the real truth doesn't matter anymore.
And people can just say it's a "x" opinion to dismiss it. It's unfortunately pretty effective as we've seen...
- camelite 6y agoPropaganda is not an inherently russian technique and that fact that you believe so implies you are a victim of anti russian propaganda.
- simonh 6y agoThe firehose of falsehood is propaganda sure, but it's principles were consciously and deliberately developed by the USSR as a particular propaganda technique. It's partly based on the rhetorical strategies used by Lenin. One of his (Russian) biographers called him the godfather of post-truth politics.
- NicoJuicy 6y agoI explicitly mention firehose of falsehoods. I didn't say that propaganda is solely Russian. But that technique is closely aligned to Russian propaganda which we can all "admire" in the open ( eg. rt) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firehose_of_falsehood#:~:text=The%20firehose%20of%20falsehood%2C%20or,regard%20for%20truth%20or%20consistency https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firehose_of_falsehood#:~:tex.... Please, don't change subjects. The technique used by T. Is most similar to what i mentioned. You haven't given any source to discredit that.