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George Orwell warned us about online propaganda

November 14, 2026 · 52 min

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George Orwell is widely seen as a prescient author. This is often applied to his thoughts about totalitarianism and surveillance. But it applies just as much to his ideas about propaganda, which are surprisingly up-to-date, and mirrored in the book How Propaganda Works by Jason Stanley.

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36:32 Propaganda and You



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