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> I think this extreme take is more propaganda than most success stories. Success stories are not propaganda in the sense that they are false stories you would
by Lammy 4y ago
> I think this extreme take is more propaganda than most success stories.
Success stories are not propaganda in the sense that they are false stories you would be convinced to believe. They're propaganda in the sense that hearing them influences you to believe in the economic system itself and then spread (propagate) those stories to others.
- cuteboy19 4y agoDoesn't this kind of imply that the other economic system are either full of failures or at the very least don't have that many success stories?
- ska 4y ago> re not propaganda in the sense that they are false st propoganda is agnostic on the truth value. The whole point of it is to promote or advocate an idea, via whatever methods you find effective.
- EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 4y agoNo, when someone uses the term "propaganda", she is convinced that the promoted idea is false.
- ska 4y agoWhether or not she agrees with the overall goal of the campaign, the individual piece of information can be true ( or unverifiable). Much of the most effective propaganda is about missing or misleading context, not false information. This is the context of the parent comment, not the campaign.