[lbo-talk] religion polling

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Fri Dec 24 16:01:02 PST 2004


Chuck0 wrote:
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> Artistic propaganda has much less influence on changing minds than
> people think.

It is effective in the narrow sense of "propaganda" as defined in the second international: it deepens, strengthens, and expands the convictions of the audience but it does not work as "agitation" -- i.e., reaching and changing the minds of new people. Agitation (reaching new people) usually has to be through direct personal contact. But a really good propaganda film should energize and sharpen those carrying out the work of agitation.

Carrol



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