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isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 1 day agoIt 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.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 day 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.
isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 1 day 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”.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I would be very happy if advertisement all looked like this.
isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Honestly this would most likely work very well as advertising, and generate a lot of free publicity around the unconventionality of it all.