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Trueblue Texan

(4,221 posts) Tue Jan 13, 2026, 07:50 PM Tuesday

So true. Propaganda works. We should use it. [View all]

Goebbels himself stated the fundamental idea behind the Nazis' propaganda
machine: "the great mass of people in the simplicity of their hearts are more
easily taken in by a big lie than by a little one."

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So true. Propaganda works. We should use it. [View all] Trueblue Texan Tuesday OP

It is obvious it works - just make shit up, it seems to work well. walkingman Tuesday #1

Making shit up works to a degree, but I think it's not necessarily *just* making shit up that works... EarlG Tuesday #6

Aura of lies - says it well. yellow dahlia Tuesday #7

Please feel free to use anything I wrote EarlG Tuesday #8

Thanks! yellow dahlia Tuesday #9

Really with flood of outrages occurring without respite... Trueblue Texan Tuesday #12

Trump is a man of the people. Does that work? bucolic_frolic Tuesday #2

the defense authorization act once had boilerplate prohibiting funds rampartd Tuesday #3

The only problem is Diraven Tuesday #4

And that is absolutely the crux of the issue. markodochartaigh Tuesday #5

There are plenty of big blue-wave social media accounts that are propaganda. WhiskeyGrinder Tuesday #10

Unfortunately, right-wing billionaires own 99% of the TV and radio stations Mysterian Tuesday #11