(May 14, 2025 at 8:33 am)John 6IX Breezy Wrote: What people usually mean by propaganda is largely nonsense.Ah, another secret poll you conducted?
Quote:It is based on false and antiquated beliefs about the mind, like brainwashing or mind control.
Well it's in the dictionary of course, that would seem like a good start.
noun
1. information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.
Quote:of course, nobody here actually thinks propaganda has worked on them, they just think it's worked on everybody they disagree with.
How you love to tell others what they think. I of course can't speak for anyone else, but of course propaganda has worked on me, like anyone else I wasn't born with the ability or the desire to think critically, or to strive to be objective, and to rational, these are things people learn to do. When they have done so, they are a lot more likely to question claims, and set a higher bar for credulity, and then of course subjective beliefs and the irrational arguments that are offered in support of them, are less likely to find traction.
You are projecting bias onto everyone who doesn't chare your beliefs, but you are the one setting a subjective standard for one deity, that could as easily be used to believe in countless others. and not just deities of course.
