It's insane to me that with all the coverage of propaganda and disinformation nobody ever asks why there's fertile soil for it to grow on (hexbear.net)

submitted 6 months ago by 7bicycles@hexbear.net to c/politics@hexbear.net

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Whenever any sort of disinformation, fake news and propaganda is discussed I feel like all the talk about it always get's stuck on it's existence. Like "the russians are spreading misinformation in europe" or whatever. Which, sure, they do, how the fuck is there no talk about what to do of it?

Cause the way I see it, there's two options, either there's no more russia or whatever other rivaling hegemonial power follows up, forever, or alternatively you ask the question about why the fuck this shit lands in the first place and make sure it doesn't

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[-] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 27 points 6 months ago

I think the fundamental problem here is that if you harden your populace against disinformation, it makes your own hegemony's control more difficult. You need people to be happy to consume and believe disinformation to keep the wheels of the US hegemony functioning. If people in Europe were less willing to believe obvious lies, they might all be justifiably very angry at the USA for blowing up the NordStream, you know?

[-] porcupine@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 6 months ago

Every imperial media outlet would agree that the US blowing up Nord Stream is exactly the sort of "disinformation" that they want to harden their population against. The prevailing concern isn't the accuracy of the information that a population is presented, the concern is who controls access to that information.