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Propaganda is basically just viral shitty reasoning, where a small stack of memes replaces consideration with cliches. It's the lie delivered between two truths
by motohagiography 3y ago
Propaganda is basically just viral shitty reasoning, where a small stack of memes replaces consideration with cliches. It's the lie delivered between two truths. The filter is based on whether a comment or belief is thoughtful or not. Sure, there are simple things that are mostly true, but thoughtless or rote repetition of them doesn't make them meaningful.
Original ideas can be in service to propaganda, but preferring them imposes a cost that is higher than what most propaganda needs for scale. Your argument is misleading and neutralizing noise and not a counterpoint. Innoculating people to propaganda with humour and dead ideas is probably the most practical way to mitigate its more pernicious effects.
Of course great musicians can be employed to make pop, but when the message is the same, it's like using IMAX to produce porn. See any music awards show.