US and Israeli propaganda diverge according to circumstance, but they share basic characteristics (and modes of delivery). It’s easy to get sucked into the fantasy that we can make reporting and commentary more even-handed, but the propaganda model precludes that possibility. The model is dynamic; capitalism is the only ideology it absolutely preserves. Everything else is contingent on the needs of power. If at any point the economic and political elite need new narratives, corporate media will make the changes.
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The main function of US and Israeli propaganda is to affirm the disposability of colonized people. Dissent, then, isn’t merely a pastime, but the foundation of existential clarity and economic relief.