Propaganda

Following up on my plan to post images that appeal to me and challenge the mainstream narrative, I present the little gem shown in Figure 1:

Figure 1

Gemini gives the following information about the provenance of the image:

The image you've shared, titled "The Nine Principles of Propaganda," explicitly credits its creator in the top-right and bottom-left corners as: "meme by dennis presloski" and "meme by dennis presloski" (with slight variation in font/position).

To trace the provenance further, I looked for information on this specific set of principles by Dennis Presloski:

• Creator: Dennis Presloski is the credited author/creator of this specific list and image design, which he refers to as a "meme."
  
  
• Origin/Context: The image appears to have been created and widely circulated online, often on social media and image-sharing platforms (like Pinterest, Reddit, etc.), where it is frequently shared in discussions about media literacy, political communication, and the mechanics of modern propaganda.

It's important to note that while the principles themselves describe tactics used in propaganda (often associated with historical figures like Joseph Goebbels, but distilled here by Presloski), this specific list and format are attributed directly to Dennis Presloski.

This sort of take on propaganda should be a compulsory part of any school curriculum but of course it never will be. Instead students will be indoctrinated to trust the government and accredited news sources and regard any other viewpoints are disinformation or misformation.