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> i.e. this is clearly a form of advertising. Which in this particular instance (i.e. the military and the business of killing other people) can be called prop
by paganel 5y ago
> i.e. this is clearly a form of advertising.
Which in this particular instance (i.e. the military and the business of killing other people) can be called propaganda without a second thought about it. Someone linked to a Smarter Every Day YT video above which was filmed on a board of a US nuclear submarine, that was also blatant propaganda.
- LanceH 5y agoJust because someone doesn't share your negative view of the military doesn't make it propaganda. There is a certain arrogance in assuming the only way other people could possibly choose to do this is by being brainwashed. Military people write about their fond memories of weird situations they have lived in/through that civilians can't relate to. This doesn't make it all propaganda. This whole article writes like someone trying to explain the weird lives of submariners, and he's just scratching the surface.
- hackyhacky 5y agoPropaganda doesn't mean that it's fake, or that it's brainwashing. It's just "primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda." [0] In this case, the agenda is to recruit for the armed forces. In other words "government marketing." [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda
- LanceH 5y ago> "primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda." Yea, I don't see the agenda, just writing about some memories of the shared experiences of submariners, and trying to explain them to a wider audience.
- hackyhacky 5y agoThat's exactly how it works. The most effective propaganda is the one that you don't realize is propaganda.