Propaganda only works on those who don't know they're being propagandized.

International Asymmetric Biowarfare Correspondent - eyes open

Sir Oliver Klosov

Opposing violence means standing up against the most sophisticated information machine that has ever existed.

Our entire civilization is shaped by domestic propaganda, but the only time you ever hear that word in mainstream discourse is when it's used to discuss the comparatively almost nonexistent influence of Russian propaganda on our society.

All the mainstream alarm ringing about Russian propaganda gives the impression that it comprises close to 100 percent of the total propaganda that westerners consume, when in reality it's a tiny fraction of one percent of the total propaganda that westerners consume. Instead, almost all of it comes from western sources.

Propaganda is the single most overlooked and under appreciated aspect of our society. It has far more influence over how the public thinks, acts and votes than any of our official mechanisms for doing so, yet it's barely discussed, it isn't taught in schools, and even the best political ideologies barely touch on it relative to their other areas of focus.

All the fretting about Russian propaganda from establishment narrative managers comes so close to giving away their secret: that they know it's possible to manipulate the way the public thinks, acts and votes using media. They just don't admit that they're the ones who are doing this.

It's actually the weirdest thing in the world that there's something that has been directly affecting our minds our entire lives, and which directly affects the way our entire society is organized, but we don't talk about it constantly. It should be at the front and center of our attention.

But of course that's the whole idea. Why? Propaganda only works on those who don't know they're being propagandized.

The US-centralized empire's ability to hide its propaganda machine in front of our faces on the idiot box is a foundational element of its underhandedness and its brilliance.

BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE: When the government declares Russia as an existential threat to 'our' Democracy...its their democracy they are talking about, not ours.