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You should not have been downvoted. I grew up in apartheid South Africa, where I also learned to recognise government propaganda. I have also been somewhat surp
by a0-prw 5y ago
You should not have been downvoted. I grew up in apartheid South Africa, where I also learned to recognise government propaganda. I have also been somewhat surprised by how gullible people are being. But I've seen it before several times, usually as a prelude to attacking some other country: examples are the build up to the Iraq war, the bombing of Serbia, Libya and of course Syria.
- mandmandam 5y agoIt seems to me that the people with little PR immunity - the majority, apparently - are susceptible to dismissing ideas outside of their bubble. Along with that, they dismiss the people who contradict their chosen propaganda stream, no matter how many times they've been proven wrong. As someone with a higher immunity to disinfo, have you had any success convincing others toward your conclusions?
- 13years 5y agoPropaganda works best through fear. Fear results in cognitive dissonance making it literally impossible to process information correctly. Somehow the fear needs to be addressed first and I as of yet haven't found any particular great way to do that. The second contributor, is that people are reluctant to back out of a heavily invested position. Once they are in that position long enough, they identify that as part of who they are.
- a0-prw 5y agoNo, I have not had much success at all. I agree with you. Most people don't even want to think for themselves, sadly.