Propaganda technique demonstration:
Obvious propaganda: linking to the Correct the Record wiki page.
Less obvious propaganda, demonstrating framing and selection: stopping my list of fractal examples at “within political parties” rather than continuing all the way down to “and by individual people arguing on the internet”.
Speaking of subtle, from The West Wing’s 9/11 Very Special Episode Isaac and Ishmael:
SAM SEABORN
Nobody got hurt at the Boston Tea Party. The only people that got hurt was some fancy boys who didn’t have anything to wash down their crumpets with. We jumped out from behind bushes, while the British came down the road in their bright red jackets, but never has a war been so courteously declared. It was on parchment with calligraphy and “Your highness, we beseech you on this day in Philadelphia to bite me, if you please.”
That episode also has CJ Cregg cheering on the surveillance state and CIA assassinations.
Well, it was nice knowing you all.
We are so goddamn fucked.
Not directly relevant, but thematically appropriate.
Note the bit where they mention the location of the UK’s first nuclear test.
If it’s any comfort, I still think that the aggression against the DPRK is intended as a distraction. It may blow up accidentally, but I don’t think that the Trumpists are actually intending to start a war there.
Iran is the place to watch.
Digging in the archives again; my first mention of “Nazi” on BB:
And the first Trump-related mention:
Substitute “centre-right neoliberal” for “moderate”, as usual.
Y’all familiar with Zheng He? Handy for understanding the differences between Chinese and European imperialism.
(jumpy animation warning)
Some of those folks are a bit more forgiving of Khadafi’s flaws than I am, but it’s a worthwhile thread.
…and American imperialism.
You get two types of empires: conquest-based (pre-20th C Britain/Russia/Spain/USA, Nazi Germany) and tribute-based (Delian League, Zheng He’s China, modern USA).
The first goes in for conquest and colonialism, the second for hegemonic dominance and tribute.
