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Historical Propaganda

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A community for historical propaganda, in image or video form. Subtitled videos and images are allowed.

What is Propaganda?

Propaganda is the deliberate dissemination of information, ideas, or narratives aimed at influencing public opinion or behavior, often to promote a particular political, social, or ideological agenda. It can take many forms, including speeches, media, art, or advertising. While propaganda is commonly associated with manipulation or bias, it can be either good or bad depending on the intent and content. Positive propaganda may be used to raise awareness about important social causes or encourage beneficial public behaviours, while negative propaganda often involves misleading or deceptive tactics to manipulate beliefs for harmful purposes.

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  1. Must adhere to the definition of propaganda provided above
  2. Must be in video (subtitled), or image format (including posters, and newspaper headlines and cartoons, as well as photographs). Audio and Documents may be allowed on a case by case basis but the moderators reserve the right to remove it to avoid low quality posts.
  3. Current events are prohibited. The image/video must be at least five years old. And while it may draw comparisons to current events, it should take primarily historical perspective.
  4. If possible, the source and date should be added. If not possible, mark your post as [unsourced] and/or [undated] in the title.
  5. Analysis and commentary within a post is allowed. This analysis should be properly sourced, or if self-analysis marked with [self-analysis].
  6. This is an english speaking community. Posts must either be in english, or for non-english content (which is very much encouraged) a translation should be provided.

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[–] Tar_alcaran 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As if both sides weren't big fans of mustard gas, other poison gasses, flamethrowers and arson.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, but it was undoubtedly the german side that used gases and flamethrowers first and thereby made counterattacks with those weapons a legitimate tactic for the other site.

I'm not a fan of vilification of Germans in first world war, because all major sides wanted the war and were, as you said, not exactly gentlemen. But those weapons were first used by the Germans.

[–] Uranium_Green 2 points 1 month ago

The French were actually the first to use chemical weapons, not the Germans, I believe the French initially used lachyometry agents.