• saltesc@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, that’s the issue. If people don’t have capacity to focus on the details but still care. Many people are exhausted with their day but still care about what’s going on so they look for a report, a summary, a breakdown. That seems to be where propaganda can seep in. Rather than “actual”, they get…well whatever bias their source has.

    Another great example is political votes for new leaders, referendums, legislation, etc. A lot of people don’t have time to track it all and go through it all, but obviously care. If there’s propaganda battles going on, very quickly can those people—often the majority—become divided instead of informed.

    • Zetta@mander.xyz
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      1 year ago

      Very good points, it makes sense too because the individual you described in your first paragraph is probably the majority of people, besides the people who don’t care at all. So it makes sense that they would be the target of propaganda and it’s just icing on the cake they’re the easier group to fool/manipulate.