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how prevalent are psychological warfare tactics in everyday life? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by 000999@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Whether consciously or subconsciously instigated. By ordinary citizens, authority figures, shop workers, bus drivers, or really anyone for that matter

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[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, advertising exists and is pretty pervasive.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, I think OP may have missed the memo that "psychological warfare" is basically a euphemism for propaganda. No, it's not brainwashing, the existence of that was itself propaganda made up to explain away Americans that said things the government didn't like in Korea.