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  • Propaganda: The Accusation is More Important than the Verdict

    Propaganda: The Accusation is More Important than the Verdict0

    If we’re truly honest with ourselves, we would recognize news ultimately as a form of gossip. Who’s having business trouble? Which actress embarrassed herself? What do the elite think about fashion? Some of it is valuable, but most of it is merely entertainment for us. As such, salacious accusations of misdeeds get “clicks”. Beyond generating

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  • Propaganda: Are Americans Being Taken In By It?

    Propaganda: Are Americans Being Taken In By It?0

    After taking a hiatus from watching news programs for a while, a friend of mine recently turned on MSNBC. Following this experience, he said something along the following lines: “I’m done. I just can’t take it. The news cycle is continual repetition over and over again.” His statement recalled something I read while paging through

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  • Propaganda: 4 Tips to Fight It

    Propaganda: 4 Tips to Fight It0

    Edward Bernays, considered by many to be the father of modern propaganda, opens his famous book Propaganda by stating: We are governed, our minds molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. Of those men “we have never heard of”, Bernays writes: “Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of

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  • Propaganda Looney Tunes

    Propaganda Looney Tunes9

    I remember my history textbooks explaining the use of cartoonish figures as propaganda during the two World Wars. Imagine, for a moment, the inspiring Rosie the Riveter and Uncle Sam contrasted against the overbearing, dull, and cartoonish displays of the fascists and communists. I was inspired by Rosie, and at the same time, I viewed the cartoons of our

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  • Propaganda and Cinema: ‘The Most Powerful Weapon’

    Propaganda and Cinema: ‘The Most Powerful Weapon’0

    Approximately two months ago, I wrote about a handful of celebrities, some of whom are Jewish, who have faced immense backlash and bullying over their public support of Israel in its ongoing war with Hamas. Now, it seems that supporters of the other side in this conflict are getting their own share of consequences, but

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  • Pronatalism Without Morals Disintegrates in Real Time

    Pronatalism Without Morals Disintegrates in Real Time0

    Elon Musk, a vocal champion of large families, is now in a custody battle with the most recent mother of his children. Musk is no stranger to such battles. He is estranged from his transgender-identified son who publicly calls him a “pathetic man-child.” He fought a years-long custody battle with one of his wives, the mother of

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