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just_me · 4647 days ago · link · · parent · post: Kony 2012: Pro-AFRICOM Propaganda by the Regime Change Machine?
- If the US wanted to dominate South Sudan, they would go take it over on the grounds that the North is persecuting the black population there. It wouldn't be very hard, given the already popular celebrity champions of Darfur. This seems like a pretty roundabout way of doing things.
Uhm... pro•pa•gan•da \'pra-pe-"gan-de, 'pro-\ noun [NL, fr. Congregatio de propaganda fide Congregation for propagating the faith, organization established by Pope Gregory XV †1623] (1718)
2 : the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person
3 : ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one's cause or to damage an opposing cause; also : a public action having such an effect
(C)1996 Zane Publishing, Inc. and Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. All rights reserved ...that's the whole point of propaganda.