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The paper is about propaganda in authoritarian regimes which is almost always fairly unsophisticated in terms of the style and directness of the message. Nobody
by pvg 5y ago
The paper is about propaganda in authoritarian regimes which is almost always fairly unsophisticated in terms of the style and directness of the message. Nobody really needs yet another reminder to complete the five year plan in four years or that Saddam is the wisest, greatest ruler of all time. Beside signaling the power and vitality of the regime it also tells people what kind of public expressions are and are not acceptable. It's not a subtle message or one whose primary aim is persuasion.
- uoaei 5y ago... in historical authoritarian regimes, perhaps that was the most explicit form. But the most effective propaganda is what is considered ideology by the mainstream -- i.e., defining the boundary of the Overton window. See as a simple example the claim that stimulus payouts will de facto lead to inflation, or the implications in the shares of coverage of Trump's various lawsuits vs that focused on Biden's family. In all cases, there is something left unsaid: an assumed, placed perspective that undergirds the analysis of and conclusions from whatever facts are presented. There, the meme (anti-meme?) at the heart of the deception lies.
- pvg 5y agoin historical authoritarian regimes The paper is about China today. See as a simple example the claim that stimulus payouts [...] The paper is about propaganda in authoritarian regimes, the US is not an authoritarian regime.
- watwut 5y agoRussian propaganda in Russia is not trying to shift overtone window. ISIS is not trying to subtly short it either. Regimes are not just historical.