POV: It's January 19th

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My point is: if we all would use a more broad definition of the term propaganda, instead of calling nothing but political messaging we didn't like propaganda, we'd all live in a more politically literate society.

I think this meme actively reduces media literacy.

Nougat

Dude is just arguing semantics, that “propaganda” necessarily has to be a misleading message in favor of its sender.

Of course, tailoring of information by omission is also propaganda.

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And the very next day:

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As if any of the other social media networks aren't doing the same shit. I'd rather have China spy on me than an American company. They can't use my data to fuck me over.

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My point is that propaganda is not necessarily evil. I dislike propaganda from the CCP as much as the next non-tankie. But claiming "this platform is spreading propaganda, therefore evil" is ignorant as best and condoning the other imperialist propaganda at worst.

Know it's from China and don't believe anything Tiktok says on the CCP. Done.

I happen to like the Palestine propaganda on Tiktok and dislike the imperial core censoring dissidents, that's all.

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It's subtle propaganda via algorithm manipulation

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The multiple instances:

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China has its genocides going on to ya know

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You know what they say about assuming...

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I mean, yeah they can. Anyone with data on you could fuck you over. In fact, the more data, the easier to fuck you over.

atro_city

Do hollywood next (aka the propaganda machine of the US).

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Maybe I should have worded it differently. They're far less likely to fuck me over. I have nothing the Chinese government wants.

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My point is that propaganda is not necessarily evil. I dislike propaganda from the CCP as much as the next non-tankie. But claiming “this platform is spreading propaganda, therefore evil” is ignorant as best and condoning the other imperialist propaganda at worst.

What kind of propaganda is the CGP pushing, exactly? Is it with us in the room, right now?

Umm, that’s not really propaganda, homie. That’s simple censorship. There’s a difference.

Again: how is this pro-CCP propaganda? Do you understand the difference between censorship and propaganda?

Sounds a lot more like 'denying propaganda is being pushed'

Propaganda can be for good or bad. But acknowledging that it is propaganda is a necessary first step in either case for any citizen worth the name, whether a citizen of a nation or the world.

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We were trailblazers for a time. Other than that, we were always kind of fucked as a democratic system.

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Yeah, you can just ignore the point I'm trying to make, I guess. /s

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Nice whataboutism, I guess?

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Non sequitur muct?

Klnsfw 🏳️‍🌈

I'm pretty sure the NSA and its chinese counterpart never heard about ActivityPub.

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Ho hum. TikTok ain’t going anywhere.

It will be banned for a short while, long enough for Trump to enforce sale to Meta in exchange for their absolute hard turn top to bottom in everything they do to help spread misinformation and keep the plebs angry.

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::: spoiler spoiler
"Propaganda from the CCP is not a good thing"

"It's not propaganda."

"It literally is."

"It's not."

"It literally is, and here are the receipts."

"It's not."

"This is the line in the receipt where it clearly states it is."

"Well, my point is that propaganda is not necessarily evil."

"Good or evil, it's a prerequisite for anyone with pretensions to politics beyond a tribal or gut instinct to recognize that something is propaganda."

"You're missing my point."
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Please. Show me where this summary is wrong. Show me the point I missed.