r/conspiracy: 10 rules of war propaganda by Lord Ponsonby in the first world war

10 rules of war propaganda by Lord Ponsonby in the first world war

33 2014-07-30 by [deleted]

We don't want war, we are only defending ourselves
1. The other guy is the sole responsible for this war
2. Our adversary's leader is evil and looks evil
3. We are defending a noble purpose, not special interest
4. The enemy is purposefully causing atrocities; we only commit mistakes
5. The enemy is using unlawful weapons
6. We have very little losses, the enemy is losing big
7. Intellectuals and artists support our cause
8. Our cause is sacred
9. Those who doubt our propaganda are traitors.

compare this to israel-palestina

yes
a little bit evil hamas leader
yes
YES YES YES
yes
yes ( but thats not really propaganda)
can't confirm
yes
of course

ukraine-rebels

yes
YES EVIL PUTIN
of course
YES
not really
Of course
can't confirm
yes but not to an extreme
yes

6 comments

3 TMconscious 2014-07-30

Love it, I hope you don't mind me stealing this for my facebook. I find it HIGHLY relevant and beautifully simple.

2 G_fucking_G 2014-07-30

of course not

2 burzum95 2014-07-30

Number 5 for Russia, doesn't the US accusing them of violating that 87 nuke treaty count? Great list. Maybe even the supplying of weapons to the rebels is 'unlawful' ? U saw how hard the media was pushing that 'BUK' shit immediately after the plane crash. These are really good rules to help ID propaganda.

1 facereplacer3 2014-07-30

This was fun. Nice.

1 OnSpeakerCrab 2014-07-30

1 - We do not want war.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-wants-to-go-after-hamas-but-doesnt-want-all-out-war-with-gaza/

2 - The opposite party alone is guilty of war

http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2014/07/24/why_hamas_is_guilty_for_the_gaza_war.html

3 - The enemy is the face of the devil.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2014/07/16/5-REASONS-ISRAEL-IS-GOOD-AND-HAMAS-IS-EVIL

4 - We defend a noble cause, not our own interest.

http://elitedaily.com/news/politics/want-peace-israel-get-rid-hamas-marco-cerino/682377/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=want-peace-israel-get-rid-hamas-marco-cerino

5 - The enemy systematically commits cruelties; our mishaps are involuntary.