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minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down5·1 day 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-squareAlsephina@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoGreat example of how “ironic” racism is still racism. It invites actual racists to join and fit in.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 day agoThat’s generally how propaganda works, though.
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoEh… I guess, only insofar as any racist bullshit that gets misunderstood as benign.
minus-squareP00ptart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoIf you’re only told one thing, especially a lie, and you are told that over and over again, that’s propaganda.
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.
Great example of how “ironic” racism is still racism. It invites actual racists to join and fit in.
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.