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I would say the alternate reality that the Republican Party is living in is the gold standard for propaganda.

That's not to say that Democrats don't use propaganda, but Democratic Party propaganda at least shares a reality with the rest of the country and world and isn't in the process of manufacturing an entirely different reality.

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I think this perception of alternate realities is something the Democrats are actually encouraging. It makes perfect political sense to cast the opposition party as completely out of touch with reality. It also perfectly complements the existing sentiment of "reality has a well known liberal bias".

Ask Republicans who won the election, and tell me it's something Democrats are doing.

That’s a stereotype. I tend red sometimes, but have no question who won the election. Maybe the issue is you see things that way due to what you see in the media and are told instead of from actual interactions with people from opposing viewpoints?

I would say I get that impression from the continued strong support for the former president, who is arguably still the leader of the party, and his insistence that the election was stolen.

https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/news_and_polls/over-half-republi...

A large contingent of Democrats thought 2016 was stolen because of Russian Interference, so now I guess the shoe is on the other foot.

The Washington Post, the flagship of Bezos-sponsored propaganda, has been manufacturing alternate reality for years, 24/7.

There must be a new academic study on the effects of prolonged brainwashing on individual psyche, too bad academia is prone to even worse brainwashing from within.

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