Today’s propaganda isn’t so much about convincingly lying — it’s about convincingly controlling reputations. Intellectual fashions. What you can say at the dinner table, and what you can’t. Ad hominem is one of the main ways propagandists control what’s true by controlling what’s fashionable.
When it's okay to be Hitler
When it's okay to be Hitler
When it's okay to be Hitler
Today’s propaganda isn’t so much about convincingly lying — it’s about convincingly controlling reputations. Intellectual fashions. What you can say at the dinner table, and what you can’t. Ad hominem is one of the main ways propagandists control what’s true by controlling what’s fashionable.