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The answer is, unfortunately, yes. The problem is the court of public opinion can easily be swayed by insulting someone, and if that someone can not insult bac
by lostmsu 1y ago
The answer is, unfortunately, yes. The problem is the court of public opinion can easily be swayed by insulting someone, and if that someone can not insult back, that's a political instrument that gives asymmetrical power to the current rulers.
- oblio 1y agoI'm guess I'm too European for this discussion to make a lot of sense.
- lostmsu 1y agoThis shit was literally invented in Europe. > No one can say that your propaganda is too crude or low or brutal, or that it is not decent enough, for those are not the relevant criteria. Its purpose is not to be decent, or gentle, or weak, or modest; it is to be successful. From https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/goeb54.htm https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/goeb54...
- oblio 1y agoThis discussion has officially fallen off any reasonable rails.