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The Importance of Secrecy

Propaganda works to collapse infinitely complex issues a into something simple, so that's easy for for people to understand. A more contemporary example would be former president george w. Bush standing on an aircraft carrier with the mission accomplishd banner behind him. In the short run, propaganda is problematic because it influences the types of policies that citizens port adten. It may influence them in such a way that people will support policies even if they're directly against their own self interest. And we conclude our analysis by offering some potential solutions to propaganda.

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