Once you understand how powerful propaganda is, it becomes immensely tempting to use it yourself One of the reasons we've built an anti-reality machine is that journalism selects for people who are able to mindkill themselves to what they're doing
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The flip side of this is that it's impossible (and idiotic to expect) you can transmit the full understanding of what leads to a good, virtuous, and productive society to every member of it So some definition of "propaganda" is absolutely vital to keeping society functional
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This means that "propaganda" itself isn't an evil function, it's a neutral one. Its virtue depends on the truth it's derived from This might take the form of tradition, religion, Party doctrine, journalism, etc
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Most if not all other forms of "propaganda" will admit that they're doctrine. They believe—rightly—there's nothing *wrong* with doctrine. It's necessary Journalism is the unique outlier. It requires people built to lie to themselves about the very nature of what they're doing
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The thing that World War SSC vs NYT has revealed nakedly bare is that journalists consider themselves *anti*-doctrinists. They purely believe that they have no special motives, malice, or ideological drive They consider themselves pure truth-seekers. From three different pieces:pic.twitter.com/zp0PJQUhJM
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I've been calling that "reality thinking vs social thinking" - that quote is a great description. Do you have the source?
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