The Artful Propaganda of Soviet Children’s Literature

Re:The Artful Propaganda of Soviet Children’s Literature by mooseburger on Saturday June 17, 2017 @07:27PM (#14578177)

The difference is that these books were produced by the Soviet government. Meanwhile, stuff like G.I. Joe and Captain America were made through free enterprise.

Any government trying so hard to influence the public's opinion of it is suspect in my eyes.

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Re:The Artful Propaganda of Soviet Children’s Literature by mtgx on Saturday June 17, 2017 @07:38PM (#14578210)

Any movie that makes use of military helicopters and other heavy military equipment is going to have at least some US propaganda in it.

http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/listeningpost/2012/07/20...

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/aug/21/entertainment/la-ca-...

http://movieline.com/2013/02/06/military-entertainment-compl...

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Re:The Artful Propaganda of Soviet Children’s Literature by tnzn on Saturday June 17, 2017 @08:07PM (#14578304)

What the hell is that? Are there people in HN who believe a propaganda from the state is any different from a propaganda from big corporations ?

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Re:The Artful Propaganda of Soviet Children’s Literature by mooseburger on Sunday June 18, 2017 @11:59AM (#14581218)

I can't quite put my finger on it yet, but yes, there is something different about the Soviet government producing children's books, and Hasbro deciding to produce G.I. Joe action figures because it identified a sales opportunity.

I think the main thing is, that in the Soviet example, I'm not clear that there was a choice to not give the books to your children (maybe there was, I'm not sure). Whereas with G.I. Joe, Captain America, et. al. actually buying the toys/comics is voluntary, notwithstanding the powerful effect of advertising.

There's also the fact the creators of G.I. Joe were not later executed for nonsense reasons.

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