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Originally Posted by joea
Ok read the article, have read similar things before. So...was it really a success? The Soviet bloc collapsed anyway, and am I really to believe the US doesn't try to put out propaganda of it's own now or back then? :hmm:
Why is this seen as sinister or abnormal I don't know every country tries to influence public opnion at home, and overseas if it is a big power.
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I guess it depends on how you define success. It's not uncommon for wartime things outlive their creators, like a long forgotten bomb that kills a bunch of construction workers decades after the war, a propaganda strategy can take on a life of it's own.