The purpose of propaganda is to make some people think that other people aren’t human.

Aldous Huxley, the British philosopher, said that. So true were his words, I started my book The Hidden Hand with them.

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Propaganda comes with differing names: agitprop, disinformation, fake news, falsehoods, frauds, lies. Whatever it is called, whatever the circumstances, that is always its intent – to denude other humans of their humanity. 

Showing indifference towards the suffering of others isn’t propaganda, per se, but it’s always the ultimate objective of propaganda. Cruelty is the point.

Examples of that abound, on all sides. Just on Friday, there was New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez laughing during the reading of names of the victims of 9/11. After the Twin Towers fell, President Donald Trump bragged that he now owned the tallest building in downtown Manhattan.

Propaganda facilitates cruelty and hate. Two dates in history testify to the efficacy of propaganda in the modern age: Sept. 11, 2001, when Islamic terrorists murdered 3,000 innocent people, and Oct. 7, 2023, when Islamic terrorists murdered 1,200 innocent people.

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