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• Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The “you are not immune to propaganda” meme may also be propaganda depending on who and when it’s being used.

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  • isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It is definitely propaganda against propaganda, everything is propaganda.

    There’s “good” propaganda and “bad” propaganda, and whether you think any propaganda is “good” or "bad’ is propaganda in itself just by sharing such an opinion.

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    • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It can also be propaganda against something that obviously true. It can be used to gaslight people into not believing their own eyes. Like being told that Trump isn’t leading to a more hateful country and it’s only twitter memes that make him look bad.

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      • isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Absolutely, and being repeatedly reminded to get your COVID or measles shots is “positive” propaganda. Herd immunity is objectively a good thing, but any sort of PSA is propaganda. (please get your shots)

        It’s like the word “consequence”, people always think consequences are always bad, when you could say “I got rich as a consequence of winning the lottery”, or, re-worded, “I won the lottery, and consequently, I became rich”.

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