politics

The most worrisome part: we’re dealing with a limited repertoire of demonstrably false claims whose source is easily traceable. If such basic propaganda proves chillingly effective, what havoc might a truly sophisticated disinformation campaign wreak?

The most worrisome part: we’re dealing with a limited repertoire of demonstrably false claims whose source is easily traceable. If such basic propaganda proves chillingly effective, what havoc might a truly sophisticated disinformation campaign wreak?https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2025/04/22/americans-believe-russian-disinformation-to-alarming-degree/

cognitive science, functional contextualism, tattarrattat

Yeah, it’s crazy to me that people believe any of it :( They pour so much money into seeding their propaganda, and it always feels like it works really well - no amount of effort to disprove those lies seems to be working. The sad thing is, those lies spread like wildfire, while the truth about all the atrocities they commit, especially in occupied cities, is barely ever talked about.

Here lies one of the problems: it is, in fact, talked about (and sometimes even gets quite extensive coverage), yet this may never penetrate certain information bubbles.