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xboxnolifesyesterday at 11:55 PM1 replyview on HN

It doesn't require concentrated wealth, but if wealth is evenly distributed, then presumably the power to apply propaganda is also equally distributed. Propagandizing information effectively become a meta-level form of voting. With concentrated wealth and power, those with all of the resources hold all of these meta-level votes.


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tsunamifurytoday at 3:43 AM

Prohibition was a common man’s propoganda that led to horrible outcomes and almost upended America.

We are all capable of being stupid.