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> It works. This strategy actually works It works because, in any context, people are easily persuaded that something that they want to believe is true. Willi

by JadeNB 2y ago

> It works. This strategy actually works It works because, in any context, people are easily persuaded that something that they want to believe is true. Willingly or not, people are often looking for excuses to believe something, not evidence to help determine whether it is true. (Of course, you and I are included in this; believing oneself immune to propaganda is just a way of being more vulnerable to the kind of propaganda targeted at people who pride themselves on this supposed immunity.)

kristopolous 2y ago
Sure but if I see a mailer or an ad in that format, it's a red flag. The only way this would work as a propaganda tactic on me is if they reversed that, if say, the "yes on 3" campaign sent out a glossy mailer with a frowning minority wheelchair bound veteran that said "save our seniors. Vote no on 3". If that subterfuge happened, then I fell for it
- fragmede 2y ago
  Since dark money no longer has to be registered, no only would the "Yes on 3" team send out a "No on 3" flyer, it would have a wrong explanation of what 3 is, and give really bad reasons for voting no, so even if you did read it, you'd still vote yes (a no vote will raise taxes on seniors and veterans and give the money to corporations) and hope voters don't check outside sources.
  - kristopolous 2y ago
    In the kind of advertisement I'm talking about there is no correlation between the imagery and the policy. You'll have a stock photo of a worried immigrant mother holding a child and the proposition will be about something like rezoning a light industrial area for mixed use. My universal response is "some bastard is trying to hustle me with stock photos" I wrote about this 8 years ago https://kristopolous.medium.com/the-voters-are-dumbfucks-heres-why-b4cca9f117b2 https://kristopolous.medium.com/the-voters-are-dumbfucks-her... I think my thoughts are basically the same today

by JadeNB 2y ago

kristopolous 2y ago

Sure but if I see a mailer or an ad in that format, it's a red flag. The only way this would work as a propaganda tactic on me is if they reversed that, if say, the "yes on 3" campaign sent out a glossy mailer with a frowning minority wheelchair bound veteran that said "save our seniors. Vote no on 3". If that subterfuge happened, then I fell for it

fragmede 2y ago
Since dark money no longer has to be registered, no only would the "Yes on 3" team send out a "No on 3" flyer, it would have a wrong explanation of what 3 is, and give really bad reasons for voting no, so even if you did read it, you'd still vote yes (a no vote will raise taxes on seniors and veterans and give the money to corporations) and hope voters don't check outside sources.
- kristopolous 2y ago
  In the kind of advertisement I'm talking about there is no correlation between the imagery and the policy. You'll have a stock photo of a worried immigrant mother holding a child and the proposition will be about something like rezoning a light industrial area for mixed use. My universal response is "some bastard is trying to hustle me with stock photos" I wrote about this 8 years ago https://kristopolous.medium.com/the-voters-are-dumbfucks-heres-why-b4cca9f117b2 https://kristopolous.medium.com/the-voters-are-dumbfucks-her... I think my thoughts are basically the same today