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Memes by Themes #4: Propaganda
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Memes by Themes #4: Propaganda

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“The modern state, among other things, is an engine of propaganda, alternately manufacturing crises and claiming to be the only instrument that can effectively deal with them. This propaganda, in order to be successful, demands the cooperation of writers, teachers, and artists not as paid propagandists or state-censored time-servers but as ‘free’ intellectuals capable of policing their own jurisdictions and of enforcing acceptable standards of responsibility within the various intellectual professions.”
—Christopher Lasch, The Agony of the American Left

It was the topic of propaganda that launched my Substack over two years ago:

A Primer for the Propagandized

Margaret Anna Alice
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April 26, 2021
A Primer for the Propagandized

“Totalitarianism, if not fought against, could triumph anywhere.” —George Orwell The noose is dangling gently around our necks. Every day, they cinch it tighter. By the time we realize it’s strangling us, it will be too late. Those who gradually and gleefully sacrifice their freedoms, their autonomy, their individuality, their livelihoods, and their relati…

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Propaganda remains a central theme of my writing because it is the primary apparatus by which tyranny advances. Without propaganda, people would not have been menticided, fallen prey to the Obedience-Prison-Conformity experiment, accepted totalitarianism, and volunteered for democide. Propaganda is the tool of tyrants, the PR arm of philanthropaths, the platform for “experts,” and the microphone for colluders.

Before diving into the memes, I will share some informative diagrams along with a couple of particularly valuable links related to propaganda and its intimate companion, censorship.

Enjoy!

Margaret Anna


Racket News
Report on the Censorship-Industrial Complex: The Top 50 Organizations to Know
Introduction by Matt Taibbi On January 17, 1961, outgoing President and former Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower gave one of the most consequential speeches in American history. Eisenhower for eight years had been a popular president, whose appeal drew upon a reputation as a person of great personal fortitude, who’d guided the United States to victory in an existential fight for survival in World War II. Nonetheless, as he prepared to vacate the Oval Office for handsome young John F. Kennedy, he warned the country it was now at the mercy of a power even he could not overcome…
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2 years ago · 1041 likes · 357 comments · Susan Schmidt, Andrew Lowenthal, Tom Wyatt, Techno Fog, Genève Campbell, Matt Orfalea, Matt Taibbi, and The Hunt for Tom Clancy
The Ethical Skeptic
How to Detect Propaganda
The accipient of the professional lie, actually grows more ignorant through its very hearing – ironically starving to death from the absence of actual nutrition in the disinformation diet they are constantly over-fed. This is Part II of a series of two articles. Part I …
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3 years ago · 18 likes · Ethical Skeptic ☀

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