You’re Not Immune To Propaganda

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It’s very common in the West, especially in the US, for people to assume that propaganda doesn’t really exist in our society. Sure, those other countries brainwash their citizens, but not us! No, all our media is completely unbiased. Let’s explore the idea of propaganda, and how exactly it functions in neoliberal capitalism.

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Citations And Further Reading:

Neoliberal subjectification and control
https://lchc.ucsd.edu/cogn_150/Readings/brown.pdf
https://www.ineteconomics.org/uploads/papers/WP23-Mirowski.pdf https://www.veletsianos.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/problem-with-flexible-learning-Preprint.pdf
https://jacobin.com/2014/06/bulletproof-neoliberalism/
https://ephemerajournal.org/contribution/becoming-neoliberal-subject
https://newintrigue.com/2020/06/29/the-philosophy-of-byung-chul-han/
https://teoriapoliticaseminariohome.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/the-rise-of-neoliberal-feminism-rottenberg-c..pdf

Bernays’ propaganda
www.voltairenet.org/IMG/pdf/Bernays_Propaganda_in_english_.pdf

Britannica’s propaganda
https://www.britannica.com/topic/propaganda

More on propaganda
https://keimena11.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/noam-chomsky-media-control.pdf

Iraq
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2023/03/14/a-look-back-at-how-fear-and-false-beliefs-bolstered-u-s-public-support-for-war-in-iraq
https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/08/world/threats-responses-iraqis-us-says-hussein-intensifies-quest-for-bomb-parts.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/18/world/threats-responses-inspections-verification-difficult-best-say-experts-maybe.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/10/world/threats-responses-military-war-plan-for-iraq-calls-for-big-force-quick-strikes.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/21/world/aftereffects-prohibited-weapons-illicit-arms-kept-till-eve-war-iraqi-scientist.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/2004/06/20/3/38f7a537-46e0-43b0-90bd-d231d6cd0a9a/#:~:text=%22Iraq%20is%20open%20for%20business%2C%22%20L.%20Paul%20Bremer%2C%20administrator%20of%20the%20U.S.%2Dled%20occupation%2C%20declared%20optimistically%20in%20May%202003

Guatemala
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d%27%C3%A9ta
thttps://web.archive.org/web/20120822190236/http://imerrill.umd.edu/johnkirch/files/2010/03/Covering-a-Coup-John-Kirch.pdf

Macron
https://www.nouvelobs.com/economie/20150107.OBS9413/macron-il-faut-des-jeunes-francais-qui-aient-envie-de-devenir-milliardaires.html
https://www.lesechos.fr/2015/01/emmanuel-macron-il-faut-des-jeunes-francais-qui-aient-envie-de-devenir-milliardaires-241247
https://youtu.be/roJpZftZvFE
https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2018/09/17/je-traverse-la-rue-je-vous-en-trouve-en-une-petite-phrase-emmanuel-macron-expose-sa-vision-du-travail_5356365_823448.html
https://www.revolutionpermanente.fr/Assurance-chomage-saison-II-controles-renforces-baisse-des-indemnites-et-guerre-sociale-au

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