Comments by "Grak70" (@Grak70) on ""bUt tHe WEsTerN PRoPaGanDa"" video.

  1. The formal name of this fallacy is “tu quoque”, or “you also [do it]”. The USSR was famous for pointing out the poor treatment of African Americans in the US when criticized for Soviet human rights violations, as if unrelated human rights violations by the criticizing party were exculpatory. It’s a mental trick that asks you to lower your expectations by 1) attempting to decrease the standard of moral behavior and 2) framing hypocrisy as a valid retort.
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  2. The purpose of good propaganda is not to make you believe a lie, but to murder the idea of truth as a concept. That’s why Russia’s insane “news” reporting is so effective. Most Russians probably realize they’re being lied to. But when everything you’re told is a lie, the brain gets overwhelmed and gives up on the idea of ever discovering what is actually happening. The point is not to turn you into a zealot; that’s just a happy side effect. The point is to defeat you mentally. To depoliticize you. To make you stop caring.
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