🏴 hamid the villain [he/him] 🏴 to [email protected] • 5 days agoMy treats are not propaganda!vegantheoryclub.orgimagemessage-square209fedilinkarrow-up1825arrow-down153cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1772arrow-down1imageMy treats are not propaganda!vegantheoryclub.org🏴 hamid the villain [he/him] 🏴 to [email protected] • 5 days agomessage-square209fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-1•5 days agoWould all rhetoric (persuading people) be propaganda? I think that makes the word useless.
minus-squaredavel [he/him]linkfedilinkEnglish6•5 days agoRhetorical exchange between two people is one thing, mass persuasion is quite another, though they are not entirely unrelated.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•5 days agoSo would any speech to a bunch of people be propaganda? What makes something propaganda?
minus-squareNSRXN (insurrection)linkfedilinkEnglish3•4 days agoit’s not useless if it describes something.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•4 days agoIt’s describing all communication, good and bad. This conversation we’re having right now would be propaganda.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•4 days agoYou’re trying to influence someone’s understanding of the term propganda, which makes it propganda.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•4 days agoAnd you’re communicating, which makes your comment propaganda. Or is it only propaganda when it’s to political ends?
minus-squareNSRXN (insurrection)linkfedilinkEnglish2•4 days agoturns out, everything is political, so, yes, it’s all propaganda.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•4 days agoSo I think that definition is useless, since there’s nothing that isn’t propaganda.
Would all rhetoric (persuading people) be propaganda? I think that makes the word useless.
Rhetorical exchange between two people is one thing, mass persuasion is quite another, though they are not entirely unrelated.
So would any speech to a bunch of people be propaganda? What makes something propaganda?
it’s not useless if it describes something.
It’s describing all communication, good and bad. This conversation we’re having right now would be propaganda.
You’re trying to influence someone’s understanding of the term propganda, which makes it propganda.
And you’re communicating, which makes your comment propaganda. Or is it only propaganda when it’s to political ends?
turns out, everything is political, so, yes, it’s all propaganda.
So I think that definition is useless, since there’s nothing that isn’t propaganda.
have you read Foucault?
You want to summarize?