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  • rumschlumpel@feddit.orgEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Technically correct, though. Definition of propaganda according to merriam webster:

    propaganda
    1 capitalized : a congregation of the Roman curia having jurisdiction over missionary territories and related institutions
    2: the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person
    3: ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one’s cause or to damage an opposing cause
    also : a public action having such an effect

    Note that it’s still propaganda if all the information is true, as long as it’s spread deliberately.

    • 0ops@piefed.zipEnglish
      1·
      5 months ago

      Yeah, I agree with cowbee’s point here in abstract, propaganda is just as useful for stoking activism as it is supressing it, but something tells me we’d disagree on whether Russian government propaganda is “good” or “bad”.