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Saving persuasion (2019)

• jruohonen 3y ago
  "America has a rhetoric problem. Our political rhetoric has never been particularly decorous, but in recent years, fueled by the internet and social media—and especially by the accelerating decline of American education—public discourse has collapsed into a slough of name-calling, pervasive obscenity, hysterical claims, and unashamed irrationalism." Fortunately, or unfortunately, you are not alone. But this book review begs the bigger question: what is the difference between persuasion ("good", "legitimate", etc.) and propaganda ("bad", "illegitimate", etc.)?