Goebbels' Principles of Propaganda #3
THE PROPAGANDA CONSEQUENCES OF AN ACTION MUST BE CONSIDERED IN PLANNING THAT ACTION
Propaganda Has a Planned and Expected Result
Effective propaganda doesn’t just put some random information out there to confuse people, it seems. It is part of a plan to achieve a particular result.
This insight is clarifying. It separates the nutjobs from the propaganda purveyors.
“The election was stolen” is propaganda because that message supports the result of denying election victory to Joe Biden.
“The Earth is flat” is not propaganda because there is no intended result. These people just think the world is giant server’s platter held by Atlas or something.
“Vaccines don’t work” would fall into the nut job category. There is no result aimed for. General suspicion of Big Pharma isn’t a result because it doesn’t lead to anything concrete.
“Sandy Hook was fake” is also nut job territory, but may be both. It’s just a coping mechanism for people who can’t deal w…
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