A lot of US propaganda in World War II was actually not at a much higher intellectual level. In particular, the whole "victory girls" thing (inspiring the troops with porn and prostitution, basically), has often struck me as an instance of proto-reddit mind.
Almost like they are all astroturfed by the same 3 letter agencies.
Absolutely surreal in the worst ways to see a major world conflict being fought in part with smug social media dunks.
A lot of US propaganda in World War II was actually not at a much higher intellectual level. In particular, the whole "victory girls" thing (inspiring the troops with porn and prostitution, basically), has often struck me as an instance of proto-reddit mind.