Comment on Why is propaganda frowned upon?

jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

It’s not just persuasion, it’s disingenuous persuasion. It’s persuasion with a hidden agenda.

So, if I were to tell you apples were better than oranges because they have more fiber, that’s a persuasion and it’s objectively true (5g vs. 3g).

If I were to tell you that apples were better than oranges because some oranges contain parasitic wasps and you can’t tell which ones do and which ones don’t until you open one.

Well, that’s disingenous. And if it turned out I worked for the Washington Apple Commission, and did not disclose that, that would be propaganda.

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