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I think most people are not spending enough time reading about propaganda and how it's used in 2020. Its very effective and people don't know they have been exposed to it.
We who live in the western world frequently believe propaganda is done by Russia and China but not by our own leaders.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/ux7try/a_russian_and_an_american_get_on_a_plane_in/
Both are true, but I firmly believe western propaganda is less problematic because at least dissenting media is allowed. It's still bad, but they're not equivalent. Russian and Chinese propaganda and censorship are like being locked in a room, whereas western propaganda is just putting billboards and ads everywhere, but you're able to close the blinds and turn off the TV.
It's much more than ads and billboards. That's not propaganda at all. I would call that advertisements.
What I mean with propaganda is government agencies putting false information to the public and acting like it's true, for the purpose of swaying an opinion in the direction they choose.
Sure, but they're also not taking down correct information. Russia and China do both, western countries preserve freedom of the press, so governments have less sway (though they often get big media outlets to ignore certain topics in exchange for continued press access).
Western propaganda is more nuanced and thus harder to detect, because it has to be. But good information still exists if you look, and usually makes its way to the mainstream eventually. It's subliminal, and most people don't change the channel or close the blinds, but at least they have the option.