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Re:China’s scary lesson to the world: Censoring the Internet... by narrator on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @02:21AM (#11759327)
Think of a person of median intelligence. Now realize that half the population is dumber than that guy. That's who propaganda is intended for, not the Hacker News crowd (apologies to anyone on Hacker News with below median intelligence, you're welcome here too :) ). Same thing in China. The people who are easily convinced of things is who the propaganda is intended for and who the government wants to protect from foreign opinion.
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Re:China’s scary lesson to the world: Censoring the Internet... by manmal on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @02:29AM (#11759353)
Median might be about right - here in Austria we witnessed yesterday that almost 50% of the ppl fell for a rightwing wanna-be dictator running for presidency. And there wasn't even brainwashing involved, apart from ads and word of mouth.
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