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Re:Vintage “Soviet Santa” Postcards Were Propaganda for the ... by kstenerud on Saturday January 12, 2019 @07:52AM (#18890977)
Everything done by the Soviets was state sanctioned. Making toothbrushes was state sanctioned (and centrally controlled, poorly).

So if a cultural piece is produced by, under the direction of, or with the sanction of a government entity, does that make it propaganda? If so, this would make it impossible for any centrally controlled populace to create anything not propaganda.

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Re:Vintage “Soviet Santa” Postcards Were Propaganda for the ... by StavrosK on Saturday January 12, 2019 @08:36AM (#18891088)
And impossible for private actors to create anything propaganda.
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Re:Vintage “Soviet Santa” Postcards Were Propaganda for the ... by varjag on Saturday January 12, 2019 @09:20AM (#18891248)
Artists were in fact routinely punished for creating art not serving propagandist effect.
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Re:Vintage “Soviet Santa” Postcards Were Propaganda for the ... by StavrosK on Saturday January 12, 2019 @09:26AM (#18891272)
I feel like this thread confuses the meaning of the word "propaganda". Artists were punished for creating art not in line with the government's ideals, not because they made art that wasn't propaganda.
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