William Lindsey :toad: on Nostr: "But propaganda worked far better across the board (exhibited, in part, by the large ...
"But propaganda worked far better across the board (exhibited, in part, by the large numbers of disaffected voters who supported Trump because they believed false claims about his policies or were mobilized by propaganda campaigns stoking fear). …
If I’m right about that dynamic — that politics worked but propaganda worked far better — then it means much of the post-election soul-searching is misplaced (and, indeed, a dangerous misallocation of focus)."
#Trump #fascism #disinformation
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