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Re:The world is awful. The world is much better. The world c... by LastTrain on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @07:12PM (#39282798)
Ostensibly, we participate in this forum to discuss things. I thought it was provocative to call this book propaganda so I thought I'd probe a little. When you tell someone they are reading propaganda, one of the unsaid things you are doing is implying that people are being duped, and that you somehow come from a higher place and have the real answers. So yeah - you are going to get questions. So maybe don't throw the term around in a public forum if you aren't willing to engage the people you're insulting.
Re:The world is awful. The world is much better. The world c... by maximinus_thrax on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @07:24PM (#39282894)
Everything is propaganda. This forum, for example, is full of techno-utopian/libertarian/accelerationist propaganda. Reading propaganda doesn't make you duped or stupid or whatever.

> you aren't willing to engage the people you're insulting

I'm sorry you feel insulted, that's mainly on you, this was not my intention. I suggest you reflect on why you feel insulted when an internet stranger calls a book (which you did not write) as propaganda.

Re:The world is awful. The world is much better. The world c... by LastTrain on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @07:43PM (#39283024)
I don't feel insulted, I pointed out you were being insulting.
Re:The world is awful. The world is much better. The world c... by goatlover on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @12:13AM (#39284767)
If everything is propaganda, then the word is meaningless.