Social Media Subtle, non-outrageous propaganda that nudges rather than pushes
Social Media Subtle, non-outrageous propaganda that nudges rather than pushes
2 hours ago
Interesting thread about subtle propaganda, the type that doesn’t charge out of the gate with crazy stuff, but instead attempts to nudge people in the desired direction. A follow-up post of his in the thread includes a good example of this propaganda style. You’ll probably recognize the technique.
Quote:A commons mistake in liberal circles is that the most nefarious propaganda must look and feel like Fox News. In fact, extraordinary resources are put into propaganda like the post below—which uses baseless assertions and innuendo couched as reasonable progressive-feeling analysis—to push uncritical consumers of information to the right.
The goal of much of this propaganda is not to steer people to voting for the far right, but to push people to lesser degrees toward the right in the broader spectrum—and by any means necessary away from genuinely liberatory/socialist positions that are actually threatening to ruling class interests.
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Interesting thread about subtle propaganda, the type that doesn’t charge out of the gate with crazy stuff, but instead attempts to nudge people in the desired direction. A follow-up post of his in the thread includes a good example of this propaganda style. You’ll probably recognize the technique.
Quote:A commons mistake in liberal circles is that the most nefarious propaganda must look and feel like Fox News. In fact, extraordinary resources are put into propaganda like the post below—which uses baseless assertions and innuendo couched as reasonable progressive-feeling analysis—to push uncritical consumers of information to the right.
The goal of much of this propaganda is not to steer people to voting for the far right, but to push people to lesser degrees toward the right in the broader spectrum—and by any means necessary away from genuinely liberatory/socialist positions that are actually threatening to ruling class interests.