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Goebbels' Principles of Propaganda #3

Goebbels' Principles of Propaganda #3

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Sep 08, 2023
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Goebbels' Principles of Propaganda #3
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THE PROPAGANDA CONSEQUENCES OF AN ACTION MUST BE CONSIDERED IN PLANNING THAT ACTION

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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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