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In reply to the discussion: Propaganda [View all]Zorra
(27,670 posts)Your post indicates that you believe Greenwald and Assange are propagandists who support an authoritarian state.
Or maybe you simply misunderstood the Goebbels quote.
But based on posting history, it appears that you are trying to spin the meaning of the quote for propaganda purposes.
If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.
If you really believe that Greenwald and Assange are using propaganda to promote the interests of an authoritarian state, I would say that you have a very unique perspective on reality.