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Re:Vintage “Soviet Santa” Postcards Were Propaganda for the ... by mc32 on Saturday January 12, 2019 @09:10AM (#18891212)
Propaganda is Advertising in the erstwhile Eastern bloc and the Axis powers when thry existed. In other words our advertising is their propaganda.
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Re:Vintage “Soviet Santa” Postcards Were Propaganda for the ... by sorokod on Saturday January 12, 2019 @10:26AM (#18891524)
I think that a value on a sliding scale 1..10 is determined by the extent to which the package being sold has ideological/political content.

1. For good time call ....

10. War bonds: https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb25605696/_2.jpg

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Re:Vintage “Soviet Santa” Postcards Were Propaganda for the ... by dahfizz on Saturday January 12, 2019 @01:47PM (#18892624)
Disagree. Advertising tries to sell you something. Propaganda doesn't try to get you to buy things, it tries to force you to think/feel certain ways. They're similar media in a lot of ways but very different in thier purpose and outcome.
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Re:Vintage “Soviet Santa” Postcards Were Propaganda for the ... by kiliantics on Saturday January 12, 2019 @01:51PM (#18892644)
The father of "public relations", Edward Bernays, basically said as much.
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