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The point of most propaganda is not to change what you believe or force a particular point of view on you, but instead to tell you: that thing you know is wrong? There are factors outside of your control. It's not your responsibility that what you're doing is wrong. It's just how the world is. You can keep doing it and that's ok. The propaganda is there to give people *who want to hear it* an intellectual framework for avoiding cognitive dissonance. And many, many people do want to hear it. It's comforting.