The hottest Propaganda Substack posts right now

24/7 news channels can sometimes act as propaganda pipelines with massive reach and funding.
The media landscape is heavily influenced by factors like ownership, profit orientation, and large investments required to start media ventures.
Watching news channels like Euronews can be a dull experience, with repetitive stories and little insightful critique.

Before the resistance against the French, Ho Chi Minh was highly admired for his patriotism and dedication to achieving independence for Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh's decision to align with China for fighting against the French was a major mistake that led to division and consequences that Vietnam continues to face.
It's essential to think critically and not blindly believe everything we hear or read, especially in today's society where information can be manipulated.

Censorship has evolved over time; while past regimes used blunt tools to suppress ideas, modern methods allow for more subtle manipulation of content.
Digital tools like deepfakes and automated filters can spread misinformation and control narratives, making it essential to teach people how to spot fake content.
To protect the truth, we must ensure open access to stories and advocate for transparency in digital media, so real information can thrive over manufactured narratives.

Fake news isn’t new — it took root in the 20th century when new media tech and open access to battlefields let misinformation spread quickly during wars.
Reporters and propagandists sometimes staged or invented scenes to sway opinion or gain fame, and those fabrications could change policy and aid decisions.
Finding the truth still depends on brave, persistent journalists who risk danger to verify facts, because technology alone won’t stop propaganda.

Large social myths—like Santa—are actively manufactured and maintained by institutions such as the media, schools, corporations, and government, and people fiercely defend those comforting deceptions when they are exposed.
Realizing society tells comforting lies is a common step toward political maturity, but many claims of hidden truth are either obvious or false, which makes genuine skepticism messy and unreliable.
Some deceptions are truly dangerous and point to hidden networks and rituals that shape politics and violence beyond standard economic explanations, and ethnography suggests many societies are organized through performance and collective falsehoods with children often central to those myths.

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