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That was the intended effect. This is the context: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda War is strategic. But
by ilaksh 3y ago
That was the intended effect. This is the context: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda
War is strategic. But soldiers won't kill for strategic reasons. They will fight when given an ethical basis. The objective truth never provides this.
- mc32 3y agoYou can feed them hashish or whatever and turn people into berserkers. Also, in mercenaries people do it for other reasons. Anyhow, when you look at the elated reaction from people in some areas of the world when it happened, one can see why people might react to that reaction with seething vengeance in mind.
- enterprise_cog 3y agoYou can see the ignorance of the people in this country from that anger. Those people celebrating were on the receiving end of American terrorism abroad.
- mc32 3y agoSometimes —but in many cases people in areas unaffected directly by American policy were celebrating as if they felt a tribalistic attachment perhaps to the aggrieved. You're arguing that two wrongs make a right and in such argument the stronger party will win.
- enterprise_cog 3y agoI’m not arguing that two wrongs make a right. I’m saying actions have consequences. And how could you possibly know those people celebrating we’re not affected by US policy and military exploits?
- adrianmonk 3y agoIntended by who? Are you saying the US government knew it meant war and had the foresight (and bandwidth) to arrange a coordinated propaganda campaign on the spot? People just being naturally angry seems like a simpler and perfectly sufficient explanation. We humans are pretty much hardwired to respond like that: when we believe we've been wronged, a special brain mode kicks in that pushes us toward taking action (ideally a constructive one, but brain hardware doesn't enforce that).
- enterprise_cog 3y agoWhat a coincidence that raw anger led to enabling the plans of the Project for a new American century.
- adrianmonk 3y agoThe sun coming up in the morning enables plans to generate solar power, but the sun doesn't require our intervention.
- enterprise_cog 3y agoSo the planes hitting the towers were as natural as the sun rising in the morning? What?
- adrianmonk 3y agoSomeone suggested that Americans got angry after 9/11 because of propaganda. I'm saying they got angry because that happens naturally when your country is attacked.