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by rbanffy 139 days ago
True, but they have abandoned the subtlety of the factbook.
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The suggestion that obvious propaganda is somehow better than "subtle" propaganda is itself propaganda.
Obvious propaganda plays a role in the destruction of a shared objective reality, which is part of the authoritarian playbook. Subtle propaganda distorts reality but preserves the notion of a shared objective one and does not intend to undermine trust.

When a government uses blatant, easily disproven lies, but doubles down on the lies and continues with increasingly absurd ones, there is no space for subtlety or trustworthy sources in that government.