[bee_rider]

At no point in history have we been free from propaganda. I mean various rulers in ancient time claimed that their position was literally ordained by their society’s god(s). I dunno, things aren’t always great, but we muddle along and somebody usually writes down what actually happened, or at least gives the future some hints.

[pfannkuchen]

The reach of propaganda has increased immensely though with technology. Everyone has a little box in their pockets and many of them use it to read propaganda many times per day. Not true in Roman times!

[laratied]

Plus being much more educated. That might even be a bigger problem.

The idea that more educated people are easier to propagandize practically goes against our self conception and mythology but that doesn't make it less true.

I am pretty sure most people believe that their education insulates them from propaganda or lets them decipher what is true or not but that is actually part of the problem. If what they read lines up with what they want to believe, viola.

[bee_rider]

The propaganda devices in our pockets point every which way, they might have a great reach, but they don’t seem to be as good at producing a unified message as, say, a state-sponsored religion.

[thom]

If you wanted to read or hear propaganda multiple times a day in Rome, it wasn’t actually hard.