Friday, January 06, 2017
Looks familiar but isn't
The new Minitrue sounds superficially like a proper tradition. In WW2 and in Cold War 1 we organized media to provide a unified message countering enemy propaganda.
Here's one of our efforts in WW2:
Sounds a lot like the new Minitrue.
Two crucial differences:
(1) WW2 was started by Germany and Japan. We were actually defending our territory from unprovoked attack, so all forms of war activity were morally justified.
The current wars were started by USA STRONG. We are the aggressor pretending to be the defender. All of our activity is strictly evil and criminal.
(2) In WW2 we weren't trying to jam Berlin and Rome, and we didn't treat enemy broadcasting as an "act of war". We understood that the best defense against propaganda is confident people who know what they're fighting for.
Now we are trying to jam Russian information sources and trying to prosecute Americans who listen to them. We have been undermining and demoralizing and disarming our OWN people for 30 years.
Sounds a lot like the new Minitrue.
Two crucial differences:
(1) WW2 was started by Germany and Japan. We were actually defending our territory from unprovoked attack, so all forms of war activity were morally justified.
The current wars were started by USA STRONG. We are the aggressor pretending to be the defender. All of our activity is strictly evil and criminal.
(2) In WW2 we weren't trying to jam Berlin and Rome, and we didn't treat enemy broadcasting as an "act of war". We understood that the best defense against propaganda is confident people who know what they're fighting for.
Now we are trying to jam Russian information sources and trying to prosecute Americans who listen to them. We have been undermining and demoralizing and disarming our OWN people for 30 years.Labels: STRONG!, switchover
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