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it has long been assumed that propaganda posts would support the government with praise or criticize critics of the government. Not so. In fact, propaganda posts actively steer away from controversial issues. Instead, the effort appears to be to distract (especially to distract the people from organizing collective action; thus distraction campaigns peak around times and places where collective action like marches and protests might become focal).
Und DAS ist mal eine echt spannende Einsicht. Und es ist vor allem auch nicht so abwegig, da hätte man selber drauf kommen können.Debate is about appealing to an individual’s reason; debate is thus implicitly individualistic, respectful of rights and epistemically egalitarian. […] Authoritarians don’t care about these things and so they lie and distract with impunity and without shame.