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minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down5·2 months agoThe social score thing isn’t really propaganda as much as it is idiots believing whatever they read. It started from what was essentially thinly veiled racism, and became “true” because people kept hearing it.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 months agoThat’s generally how propaganda works, though.
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoEh… I guess, only insofar as any racist bullshit that gets misunderstood as benign.
minus-squareP00ptart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoIf you’re only told one thing, especially a lie, and you are told that over and over again, that’s propaganda.
minus-squareAlsephina@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoGreat example of how “ironic” racism is still racism. It invites actual racists to join and fit in.
The social score thing isn’t really propaganda as much as it is idiots believing whatever they read. It started from what was essentially thinly veiled racism, and became “true” because people kept hearing it.
That’s generally how propaganda works, though.
Eh… I guess, only insofar as any racist bullshit that gets misunderstood as benign.
If you’re only told one thing, especially a lie, and you are told that over and over again, that’s propaganda.
Great example of how “ironic” racism is still racism. It invites actual racists to join and fit in.