One of the things I find remarkable about Our Current Situation is how bad the propaganda is. You can find hundreds of examples, but a good one from this spring is Putin’s Price Hike.
Despite inflation existing and growing over the course of a year the masses are told to believe that Russia invading Ukraine is a driving force of price inflation in America. They are told to not notice the asset price inflation that has been going on for years or the inflation of the money supply which rocketed to new levels since 2020. They are told to not trust their eyes and their minds, but instead to trust CNN (or in Canada CBC), and remarkable they do.
It leads me to believe that given a 4-8 week framing and anchoring period those channels could convince their loyal viewers of almost anything. There is no bridge too far.
In my mind, I always imagined that propaganda would need to be more compelling for us to end up in a situation like we are in. But I now think the absurdity and obvious logical contradictions are a key part. Without them, you can stir up the religious fervor of escaping cognitive dissonance.
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