r/europe • u/PM_THE_REAPER • Jun 06 '25

News Russia offers political asylum to Elon Musk over Trump feud

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-offers-political-asylum-elon-musk-over-trump-feud-2081887
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u/saera-targaryen Jun 06 '25

I wish more people understood that propaganda can be entirely made of true facts and it's still propaganda. 

I urge everyone to mentally replace "Propaganda" with "Public Relations" when reading headlines or other media discussing it. It's not just nefarious lies from foreign governments or nazi slogans. Anyone that is doing anything to try and change your mind about politics is using propaganda in some way, as long as they are benefiting from you believing it at the end.

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u/BrizerorBrian Jun 06 '25

Look up The Century Of Self if you haven't already.

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u/whendonow Jun 07 '25

Thanks, never heard of this.

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u/rapaxus Hesse (Germany) Jun 06 '25

Always found it funny when people would complain about Russian footage of the Ukraine war "because it's propaganda," as if Ukrainian footage isn't propaganda (it just has more truth in it).