#propaganda

That's the whole point of good propaganda. You want to create a slogan that nobody's going to be against, and everybody's going to be for. Nobody knows what it means, because it doesn't mean anything. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#politics #propaganda

It would not be impossible to prove with sufficient repetition and a psychological understanding of the people concerned that a square is in fact a circle. They are mere words, and words can be molded until they clothe ideas and disguise. ↗

— Joseph Goebbels

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The term propaganda rings melodramatic and exaggerated, but a press that—whether from fear, careerism, or conviction—uncritically recites false government claims and reports them as fact, or treats elected officials with a reverence reserved for royalty, cannot be accurately described as engaged in any other function. ↗

— Glenn Greenwald

#fear #iraq-war #journalism #lies #media

(World War I) was the most colossal, murderous, mismanaged butchery that has ever taken place on earth. Any writer who said otherwise lied, So the writers either wrote propaganda, shut up, or fought. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#propaganda #war #writers #wwi #propaganda

Propaganda is a sprinter, but truth is a long-distance runner. ↗

— Ernest Partridge

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Stories are propaganda, virii that slide past your critical immune system and insert themselves directly into your emotions. ↗

— Cory Doctorow

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The result of this is that so-called peace propaganda is just as dishonest and intellectually disgusting as war propaganda. Like war propaganda, it concentrates on putting forward a ‘case’, obscuring the opponent’s point of view and avoiding awkward questions. ↗

— George Orwell

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فيه ناس كتير أوي تخدمها الفضيحة وتكبر اسمها.. كمان الهجوم الجامد على الكبار يخليك تصدق أي حاجة على أي حد تاني.. لو جنب التخبيط في كام رجل أعمال على كام واحد بتاع سياسة, نزل خبر بيقول إن أمك بتشتغل في توظيف الأموال إنت نفسك هاتصدقهم .. فيه ناس الهجوم عليهم مكسب ليهم..ولازم يبقى غيه تنفيس ↗

— أحمد مراد

#egypt #propaganda #propaganda

The greatest threat to peace is the barrage of rightist propaganda portraying war as decent, honorable, and patriotic. ↗

— Jeannette Rankin

#peace #propaganda #war #propaganda

It's time now to rent a car, roll down the windows and prepare for your first big thrill: the freeways. They're so much fun they should charge admission. Never fret about zigzagging back and forth through six lanes of traffic at high speeds; it erases jet lag in a split second. You're now heading toward Hollywood, like any normal tourist. Breathe in that smog and feel lucky that only in L.A. will you glimpse a green sun or a brown moon. Forget the propaganda you've heard about clean air; demand oxygen you can see in all its glorious discoloration. ↗

— John Waters

#l-a #smog #traffic #propaganda