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moniss

(5,737 posts)
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 06:32 PM Tuesday

In 2016 Joe and Mika would spend

every single day spewing crap they knew was all lies. Every single day Joe would use the well known propaganda technique of repetition and in segments lasting less than 3 minutes he would say the first and last name over and over. I remember counting one instance of over 16 times. It was like the name was in every sentence at least once.

They were a huge part in bringing in the first go round. So Mika and Joe you own a part of children being torn away from their parents, you own a part of the ones who died in captivity, you own a part of the nightmare of the Muslim travel ban, you own a part of the anti-Muslim violence, you own a part of the excess Covid deaths and sickness and in fact you own a part of all of the atrocities including January 6th.

So now you went to Florida to get more and own parts of the unfolding atrocities to come. The two of you are not decent, morally principled people but rather nothing more than a glaring example of what selling out looks like. You didn't sell your souls on this trip since that was a bargain you made long before. The two of you would have fit right in as hosts of a program on the Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesselschaft (RRG was the Reich Broadcasting Corporation) for Goebbels. I have little doubt you would find their archived broadcasts beneficial to you.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft

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In 2016 Joe and Mika would spend (Original Post) moniss Tuesday OP
so WHY did people keep watching them? Skittles Tuesday #1
Some because it moniss Tuesday #2

moniss

(5,737 posts)
2. Some because it
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 06:55 PM
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fed where they already were but those people were not the target of the propaganda for other than reinforcement purposes. the main purpose of that propaganda is to draw people to a direction, acceptance etc. of an idea, person etc. Propaganda and advertising sometimes have differences thinner than a sheet of paper. In purpose and in practice.

Naive people, disinterested people, uncommitted people etc. are the general kinds of targets for propaganda. If your query about why people "keep" watching it is because the propagandist builds a "trust rapport" with listeners. Like happens with hate radio, Faux etc. In the case of Mika and Joe they did their famous "turn" and started criticizing the first term and so they were deemed to have "come around" and so some kept watching who were also reviled by what was happening. They maintained an audience which is all they care about. They don't care who comprises that audience and their only strategy is to do what makes numbers.

I don't blame the targets of propaganda for being affected by it. There are no required courses in K-12 teaching about recognizing propaganda etc. There should be but that would be considered "bad for business" by people advocating a certain way politically, the ad men on Madison Avenue and the system of capitalism and greed we have that manipulates people regarding their needs and fabricating wants and driving massive consumerism and corporate profits that are less about filling needs than they are feeding the crave for the wants they created.

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