(02-11-2024, 01:06 AM)Grace Wrote: He's not saying anything that isn't true...
Propaganda? Is the truth propaganda?
I guess it is these days... Lol
Yes, Truth can be propaganda. As a matter of fact, the very best propaganda IS truth, because Truth cannot be assailed or countered.
Propaganda is only information (or, in bad cases, mis- or dis-information) that is put out there to sway opinions. So much the better if it is also true, because no one can counter that and make it false.
"Propaganda" has gotten a bad rap as being "false" or "lies", when that is not the case. it's just information, either true OR false, that is packaged to influence opinions. It got that reputation during the Cold War, when almost all Communist propaganda was lies... and people in non-communist countries stopped noticing that they were being subjected to propaganda as well, because "Western" propaganda was usually true, and could not be falsified, so folks concentrated on the false propaganda and stopped noticing the true propaganda.
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