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[kandrathe]

Indeed. Propaganda ultimately having an negative impact on the direction social discourse takes, as well as influence on our culture in general, was one of my original points. But this is probably more along the lines of Adorno, rather than Marx

Unfortunately, most purveyors of propaganda are true believers in the excrement they are peddling, including Adorno. I think we've beat this horse dead here before. In the Marxist state, heretics are sent to re-education camps, or slave labor camps until they repent or die. In a free society, the risks of allowing free speech are relieved by teaching people skepticism, and critical thinking skills to enable them to discern for themselves between the silk purse and the sow's ear.