[lbo-talk] [Fwd: Cretinism, electoral and otherwise]

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Fri Aug 17 13:14:07 PDT 2007


On Fri, 17 Aug 2007, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:


> [WS:] An excellent point, indeed. I think that was what most people
> found especially insulting about the Soviet-style propaganda, being
> treated like a bunch of morons.... What I find difficult to understand,
> however, is that people rejected these formulaic messages of Soviet
> propaganda, but swallow similar or greater idiocies raw when it comes to
> advertisement and commercials.

Perhaps, following your own point, because propaganda insulted us and commercials flatter us?

Michael



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