> We tend to think of propaganda as loudspeakers and silly posters more generally, people fall in the trap of thinking of propaganda as "messaging that goes ag

> We tend to think of propaganda as loudspeakers and silly posters more generally, people fall in the trap of thinking of propaganda as "messaging that goes against my positions" or "propaganda is what my enemies use" which is 1. hilariously wrong (American propaganda is the best in the world, and far more widespread than Russian or whoever else is the boogeyman du jour) and 2. self-sabotaging (inability to play the game is why liberal messages that _should_ appeal to the majority of Americans fall on deaf ears, why health authorities have failed so spectacularly with COVID, etc.)