My mother, born, raised, and still lives in Norway, was anti-mask during COVID and refused to take the vaccine because of micro-robots (and the scary 5G towers), so we all know where she stands in certain topics. She also believes that Zelenskyy is the reason for Russia invading Ukraine…
Anyhoo, I was talking to her then other day, and she told me that I need to stop reading anti-propaganda. I laughed and asked if she could explain it, which she, of course, could not, but she said it’s a wording being used online all the time. I don’t frequent the sites she does, and I’ve known she’s been reading conspiracies for at least 10 years, but anti-propaganda? Does words not have meaning anymore?
If you ask me, anti-propaganda is facts, but hey, I might be wrong, considering English is my second language.
there is this great televsion show that was an offshoot of _DR _WHO__called Torchwood that dealt extensively with this subject in their final series where the people who want to take over the world hire a media consultant to not change the message from language to language, just the tone, certain phrases which change the meaning of something by occluding it with something comfortable…classic advertising, but the point is the same, propaganda is ALWAYS intentional and directed, and some will ALWAYS be susceptible… thank you for coming to my propaganda for science fiction and especially DR WHO
…in addition, there is this great scene in the movie DAVE_ where the guy sits with the cabinet in front of cameras and makes them explain stupid budget choices to save a children’s shelter;propaganda dies when shown the light of truth and shames it away…