Every Propaganda Technique Explained in 11 Minutes

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-- TIMESTAMPS --
0:00 Agenda Setting
0:09 Appeal to Fear
0:15 Appeal to Prejudice
0:20 Inevitable Victory
0:33 Join the Crowd
0:41 Beautiful People
0:56 Big Lie
1:06 Classical Conditioning
1:18 Cognitive Dissonance
1:32 Plain Folk
1:51 Cult of Personality
2:07 Demonizing the Enemy
2:13 Demoralization
2:20 Dictat
2:30 Disinformation
2:43 Divide and Rule
2:54 Euphemism
3:02 Euphoria
3:12 FUD
3:28 Firehose of Falsehood
3:41 Flag Waving
3:50 Flak
3:55 Foot in the Door Technique
4:09 Framing
4:19 Gish Gallop
4:29 Glittering Generalities
4:48 Guilt by Association
4:58 Half Truth
5:12 Information Overload
7:06 Intentional Vagueness
7:17 Labeling
7:22 Latitudes of Acceptance
7:43 Limited Hangout
8:02 Loaded Language
8:08 Love Bombing
8:18 Milieu control
8:34 Obfuscation
8:39 Operant Conditioning
8:47 Oversimplification
8:53 Paltering
8:58 Pensée Unique
9:03 Quotes out of Context
9:07 Rationalization
9:17 Repetition
9:23 Scapegoating
9:34 Semantic Satiation
9:45 Smear Campaign
9:52 Testimonials
9:58 Third Party Technique
10:07 Transfer
10:15 Unstated Assumption
10:24 Whataboutism
10:33 Misuse of Statistics
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[@ThePaintExplainer]

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[@amogus2734]

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[@anzegugalnica4329]

I liked the wideo but u missed one😢

[@Banana_Fusion]

Cool that you got a sponsor, and a good one at that

[@SarahAbramova]

Don't think we didn't notice the absence of gaslighting.

[@Sp1cyP3pp3r]

@@SarahAbramova There's no such thing as gaslighting, you sound insane

[@LeventK]

You know the world sucks when you know these propaganda techniques yet never knew they were propaganda techniques

[@professorx3060]

I am familiar with all of these, I just didn't know their names in English. Propaganda is all around us

[@The_scrongler1978]

@@professorx3060as quoted by Garfield (yes the orange cat) “you are not immune to propaganda”

[@professorx3060]

@@The_scrongler1978 Hahahaha, purrfect quote

[@conservativedemocracyenjoyer]

​@The_scrongler1978 I have to be that guy but, has there ever been any actual use for that statement? It's always felt like one of those "You guys don't understand what's going around you but *I Do*" sorta things

[@vez3834]

@@conservativedemocracyenjoyer I think it can be easy to overestimate your own ability to recognize propaganda and not let it affect your thinking. Thus, it is an important reminder.

[@HeliumHasPassed]

This video contains propaganda

[@shezhenping3072]

he is propoganda

[@Brickbox366]

​@@shezhenping3072of what?

[@Seezay63]

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[@EEE-1409]

Which one? Edit: I just realised it. I had a brain fart-

[@HeliumHasPassed]

@@EEE-1409 all of them

[@trafalgarlaw8373]

Two corrections: 1) Saying "But you don't exercise" is more accurately known as the tu quoque fallacy. Whataboutism/red herring generally diverts to a completely different subject. --> For those curious, the opposite is "face in the door" where you ask for something big, intentionally get turned down, then ask for something small. It will seem trivial in comparison and they'll agree. 2) Foot in the door is not about giving a gift, that's more of an obligation technique. Foot in the door is asking for a minor thing, and afterwards a bigger thing. The person already agreed to one, so they're more likely to agree to another. So, you'd ask someone to lend you a flashlight before you ask them to lend you their car.

[@ultimaxkom8728]

Up

[@sempressfi]

Love comments like this, providing context or additional info. Correct me if I'm wrong but "foot in the door" also plays on "sunk cost fallacy" (for those who might not know - where people get stuck in something because they've already thrown resources, time, money, etc and to change course means they'd have to acknowledge it is a waste)

[@VCE4]

And every single one of them deserves more time to elaborate, explain and present more examples

[@ohokay4663]

i love the way statistics can be misused, my favorite example came from drivers ed actually. They told the class you're more likely to go to the hospital if you're wearing a seatbelt during a crash, and when everyone questioned why wear seatbelts at all, they tacked on that it's because many who DON'T wear seatbelts are pronounced dead on the scene. It was a massive wake up call for the way that we think about statistics.

[@jarskil8862]

That is called survivor bias. It actually was so strong that it almost cancelled WW1 helmet design. British were concerned how there were so many dead people due head injuries and they commanded designer to come up with better design. After the design was implemented, amount of head injuries skyrocketed and people got angry about "horrible helmets" What was the case? Former lethal injuries turned to just injuries.

[@doubleh3085]

I find that a funny, but very dishonest way of teaching driving safety :/ Why not just tell people to tell seatbelts because they're safe? I'd rather listen to someone who respects my intelligence rather than someone who tricks me into exposing my own bias against my will.

[@kiranaun9593]

@@doubleh3085 Personally I prefer to be constantly reminded of my biases so that I can work to become a less biased person, but you do you I guess. I assume the point in this situation was that people are definitely going to remember it more if you attach it to a moment of sudden clarity.

[@LiosProsum]

@@doubleh3085 Sure, but which one would you remember more, which would have a bigger impact on your future actions?

[@AnalystPrime]

@@doubleh3085 "Why not just tell people to tell seatbelts because they're safe?" Because they aren't. Even if you are wearing a seatbelt when you bump someone's car your car still gets scratched and plenty of people who use seatbelts get injuries. If you think everyone would realize that "seatbelts are safe" does not equal "magical invulnerability superpower", just go ask anti-vaxxers about their "but people who are vaccinated still get covid!" arguments.

[@FrahdChikun]

When he skipped gaslighting I had to do a double take, then it suddenly clicked for me. An absolutely creative way to explain it!

[@Jakub816]

Randomly sent here by recommendation and I couldn't believe the vid actually expects that much from its audience...instasub!

[@tonyorobsky]

I think it was explained in a previous video

[@creativehans]

Gaslighting? What are you talking about. They never mentioned gaslighting.

[@Jakub816]

@@creativehans It's prominent part of the thumbnail...

[@matthewshipley739]

Man that went right over my head for a second 😂😂

[@letustalk]

Great video! The only thing I want to emphasize for everyone being doomer about how gullible others are to these techniques: nobody is immune to propaganda. This includes you, me, the guy who made this video, and everyone else. All we can do is be cognizant of these techniques and do our best to account for pre-existing biases.

[@T.T.Chopper24]

I like the whole concept of your channel. Very informative and thought provoking. I think you will get the million subscribers at some point. I wish you the best for this year man. 💪

[@RealDevastatia]

There's a technique used in popover ads called "confirm-shaming." For example, the ad may ask you to sign up for something. The choices might be "Yes, I want to save 10% on every order" and "No, I like paying full price."

[@user-fl9th2ts2m]

This thing drives me so damn crazy. I always pick the second option even if I want that 10% off just out of spite lmao

[@realityandnaturepill]

That's nudging, not propaganda. There are a ton of nudging techniques, even in places such as supermarkets and restaurants.

[@dralinkushinen]

@@realityandnaturepill I don't know what techniques count as nudging, but if this counts: Did you know, that music can be used to sway your product choices to buy? There are so many things used against us, it makes me wonder what common manipulation we're missing that is happening right in front of our eyes (figuratively)

[@OtherDalfite]

Kirby vacuum sales and some water filter companies also use this tactic? Oh, you LIKE having all that dirt in your carpet/water? Ok then....

[@realityandnaturepill]

@@dralinkushinen Even if there was no evil intention or anything, you're probably nudged several times each day. The most common ones are: __ One option is simply easier or more accessible than the other...but they can make one option purposefully appear or make easier and the other harder to obtain. __ Any phrasing of what others are doing such as; "More and more people are..." "Most people are..." Or a combination of majority and increase __ Making one option purposefully appear less favorable, like sigarette packaging, while another one is made to appear favorable like a happy emoji or feel good music in traffic or places you can spend money. __ Just in supermarkets: The aisle with wine or expensive products is narrow, you pass it slower and are more likely to buy Vegetables and ruits at the start, you are still more willing to spend a lot Some of the most important products are far away from the entrance, that way you have to pass all other products and probably buy something else The most profitable products are placed at eye-level If something has several or many options, like cereals, the most profitable ones are in the middle of the options They are now using smell of fresh vegetables and fish in supermarkets

[@MiningJack777]

Wow, I loved the gaslighting section! So very informative and well thought out! It's really worth a rewatch!

[@floydskipper8615]

There was no gaslighting section dude, I think you should rewatch the video

[@jinxtiest1134]

@@floydskipper8615that’s gaslighting

[@endernightblade1958]

@@floydskipper8615​​⁠​⁠what are you talking about? it was right there between the framing and gish gallop segments. did you forget? maybe you need to watch the video again?

[@lain7758]

​@@floydskipper8615, I...

[@delta-influence]

@@floydskipper8615 dude, you probably accidentally skipped it, trust me, watch the video again, and you'll see it in between of gish gallop and frame.

[@flatujalok]

You skipped over gaslighting. Are you gaslighting me? 😂 love the video and channel. Good stuff

[@MarianMurphy-rz8ej]

They’re all gaslighting you. You’re even gaslighting yourself. 🙂

[@eplus341]

No, he's not gaslighting you. You are just making things up.

[@nicekicks3046]

​@@eplus341now you're gaslighting him, you should be ashamed of yourself

[@mason_is_online]

Gaslighting wasn't part of the list actually, you're crazy

[@Tcgmaster808]

@@nicekicks3046no they don’t, WTF?

[@shitlordfm3345]

I really enjoy how direct and succinct your content is. It makes a great starting off point for further personal research!

[@lunaros4209]

I actually fell for the gaslighting. I really thought "Wait, did he already cover gaslighting? Am I an idiot or did he skip it?".

[@captainpolar2343]

what are you talking about? It was in the video, you just didn't remember it

[@titanium4082]

Bro forgot about watching the gaslighting section

[@TabbyDapperSir]

No you definitely skipped it. It was short but it was there.

[@decades5125]

How did you miss the gaslighting section? Rewatch the whole thing to make sure you’ve actually seen it dummy

[@reinostrea8558]

U have Dementia

[@xenowarsgames3806]

What sucks is the fact that we cannot even show this to the people worst affected by Propaganda. Often, they'd just ignore all of it to keep riding their bandwagon, even if it could kill them.

[@jarskil8862]

Quite amazing example of populist bandwagon here is that our right wing populists get only 30% aproval rating among their own voters ... still their support is only in very slow deciline. The party is currently crumbling faster from inside than by outside popularity. There is constantly in news how some basic level politicians are resigning from the populist party because their actions in goverment are completely different from words they promised before elections.

[@floof6896]

or have too short of an attention span to even reach the end.

[@mikkelens]

this may be true but do you have an effective reason that you are exempt from propaganda that they are blindly falling for? Othering “people who fall for propaganda” is the first step towards being unable to see your own biases and how you are affected by propaganda

[@xenowarsgames3806]

@@mikkelens You're right. But I said the "people worst affected". We all are, sometimes I fall for stupid stuff. But there are people who we all can recognize are in far worse positions. Like Flat Earthers, Ultra nationalists, and those that fall for terrorist organizations propaganda. But past that, yea, you're completely correct. No one is immune, not even me. Not even the deaf, or the blind.

[@chrism1503]

They didn’t say they were exempt, nor did they refer to “people who fall for propaganda”, so… nice straw man 😉

[@oscarnieves6451]

Felt like that ad read had some propaganda techniques. Here are the ones I noticed. 5:25 they used Intentional Vagueness when they started the ad, 5:40 "third party technique" when he showed how to use (maybe milieu control), 5:45 "information overload" when he describes how it is fair, 6:22 "Appeal to fear/Join the crowd" when he you are missing info 6:33 "Oversimplification" immediately after, 6:37 "Beautiful people" when he says they are important, 6:42 "Beautiful people" again but this time himself 6:48 "Framing" when he says you'll pay 30%, (you pay 70%) 6:53 "Latitudes of acceptance" when he suggests the 1$ plan, 6:56 "Euphoria" when he says it will support him, 6:57 "Third party Technique" supporting third party.

[@monaluthra4769]

bro yeah, I was almost convinced to use ground news whereas, In other adreads, I just ignore them.

[@YourLocalNobody420]

What a shit world we live in

[@black_sheep_nation]

​@YourLocalNobody420 "what a shitty cynical world we live in!" - shitty cynic.

[@romdotdog]

​@@YourLocalNobody420 Gotta love the exploitation of other people

[@SoapyBubbles]

Very good video!! The one I want to retain the definition of is Gish Gallop, since sometimes that happens to me, so whenever it happens I can point it out to people. Also, my Experimental Psychology professor pointed me a similar (free) media-bias news source called AllSides. So that can be another resource for people who might not have the money to support but want to be more careful around media bias as well.

[@HardstuckIronAlaynac]

Omg hi Sopple!! I’m a hyun dojo fan :D

[@tjs200]

I think we really need to start teaching media literacy and critical thinking /logic courses in public schools starting at an early grade

[@oliversissonphone6143]

Surely repetition of a slogan is quite different to repetition of, for example, a lie? People tend to believe a lie if it's repeated often

[@jungervin8765]

For that you would need millions on the street. The government would never agree to encourage independent thinking.

[@guillermoelnino]

We use to, but then the communists took over acadamia.

[@guillermoelnino]

@@oliversissonphone6143 "if it just saves one life"

[@oliversissonphone6143]

@@guillermoelnino can you clarify your message?

[@f3nx_corgi]

Thank you for the explanation on gaslighting, I didn't know what that was until now! Truly insightful!

[@Banex01gosha]

Gaslighting doesn't exist, you've made it up.

[@BetterCaulipowerSall-vq9yn]

Gaslighting isn't real, you're just crazy

[@Ibaraki_DX]

Imagine still believing gaslighting exists

[@antagonisticalex401]

Bruh what are you even talking about

[@ParrotPentester]

there's no such thing as gaslighting though, what are you on about?

[@user-tq7tq3cb9d]

Best yt channel I've seen in a hot second. You explain things so thoroughly and in a way that's easy to understand. Keep up the good work! I can't wait to learn more about topics such as these! :)

[@josephmazor725]

It’s kinda terrifying how for every single thing discussed there’s an obvious current example

[@calcutt4]

There are many obvious current examples, for example as a queer person I notice a lot of these techniques in the way homophobes/transphobes speak

[@goolgepl2112]

​@@calcutt4 as someone who watches a lot of homophobic/transphobic media, I can confirm. Strawman fallacy's also real prominent in any prejudice you hold against most groups

[@remakefreddy9170]

@@calcutt4you are using one of the propaganda techniques in you’re own comment

[@calcutt4]

@@goolgepl2112 Using examples from the video, I see lots of demonization and labelling, as well as a very, very big lie in the claim that all queer people are perverts/pedophiles (seriously, where did they get this claim from, I think its just projection), this claim involves guilt by association as well. Finally, the attempts to split gay and trans people is a classic example of divide and conquer. The entire anti-queer movement is just a huge firehose of falsehood that relies on agenda setting by repeating the same isolated events, which are rarely true to begin with, that seem to portray the queer community as 'bad' while downplaying similar things done by conservatives to portray themselves as having the moral high ground I can't believe that news sources which are supposed to be reliable are allowed to spread such blatant misinformation with no consequences despite the damage done to already marginalised and vulnerable members of society

[@user-xl8pr2cu9d]

Tbf we are social creatures so most of us just come to these techniques in everyday life and do this stuff without malice or deep thoughts ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ But yeah....

[@ace2856]

This channel came out of nowhere but it‘s slowly becoming one of my favourite ones

[@professorx3060]

That's propaganda

[@danitho]

​@@JJMcCullough Can you please point out which terms he's repeating from Wikipedia. I've looked up FUD, half truths, and cognative dissonance, none of them were recitations.

[@jeffridge3727]

Facts

[@Shocker99]

Is that because they paid Google/KZbin/Third party to promote the video?

[@piteous2]

so.. do you actually have anything to say? @@Shocker99

[@SeaAycheEyeEye]

Wild how advertisers stopped using this one recently 0:42

[@SiEmG]

should be taught in schools. one of the most important videos and topics ever seen on this platform

[@eksdee2170]

Agree

[@Ranstone]

It would be appropriated by the leading class, and twisted to make them think they're centralists, when they're actually alt.

[@Indiegamer1000]

Actually was taught a lot of this in my 7th grade english class

[@noahphillips681]

The higher ups would never let the populace know how they are influencing and manipulating them. It should be taught, but it won't be, not until we break free from the control of the current system (the control of the billionaires, CEOs, and political officials, the WEF types), not until enough people wake up and realize who the real enemies are, not until we do something about it.

[@magnus8090]

One thing ive noticed is that a lot of political parties will point out how the opposition uses propaganda and manipulation, so that they themselves look like the good and honest ones. And so many people fall for that extremely easily

[@Disorder2312]

However, if they simply say it, it's okay.

[@iCarus_A]

Ah yes, the propagandist's version of the fallacy fallacy. We shall call it the propaganda propaganda

[@Momo-po5tn]

Exactly. Every time its the "opposition" that is using propaganda, meanwhile the people fight eachother and politicians captialize off of it all

[@ViniSocramSaint]

I suppose you are not referring to american political landscape. There would be only one party that accuses the other of using, not propaganda, but straight up evil, then the #2 party would literally just describe reality and say the first party uses propaganda a lot. I will let you decide which side is which. By the way, brazilian politics works the same way. There are multiple dozens of parties, especially after fasc*sm took off and right wingers went into nationalist, christian party-making frenzy, but in practice we have the progressive side and the christian, billionaire pet side. If anyone asks, "the big center", as it's called there, are right wing parties that pick candidates from any background - but mostly right wing. It's explicitly only about party heads making money by launching any kind of candidate, then funneling the money to lavish life styles and "pure right parties". Sometimes I wonder why this is legal and why nobody des anything about it despite everyone knowing it.

[@gemkitten984]

@@ViniSocramSaint I'd say both look at the other as evil. But I'm not really a big fan of either of the two major parties. Propaganda can be evil, and I don't doubt the radicals on either side shy away from it. It's never for unity - only division.

[@ikbenrowin3657]

This video really makes you think about how much propaganda is actually used in modern society

[@zombieregime]

Actually it makes me worry how many overly sensitive people are going to try to claim someone is using propaganda techniques against them (which is a form of gas lighting, asserting someone is doing something that is not their intent). I can already picture my yuppy ex getting uppity the second I used a string of words that were used in this video to tell her Ill vacuum the living room in a bit...... I mean, look at the comments already. So many people primed to assume the worst about everything everywhere without giving the slightest consideration to situational context.....We really are in a terrible place as a society, and I dont like it.... That being said, dude makes great videos...just wish there were less thoughtless masses.....

[@SantanaBanana47]

Firehose of falsehood is very common. People eat it up too

[@darthsidius9631]

All of them might not be over sensitive some of them might be just plain nasty

[@marcolinosalgarone9442]

In Egypt people pray a man to make a river flod, do you realy think that we have the same level of coercion

[@BBGOnYT]

@@marcolinosalgarone9442 Sorry, but can you please rewrite that.

[@NathanielStockwell]

Excellent video, thanks for all of the work!

[@GNParty]

You gained so many subscribers so quickly! Great content. :)

[@CosmicFever]

your pfp looks quite suspicious

[@GNParty]

@@CosmicFever How so?

[@CosmicFever]

@@GNParty come on man you should know what i mean

[@GNParty]

@@CosmicFever I'm not a white supremacist, if that's what you're getting at.

[@no-one-1]

i Know this is. my faborite video Of All Time thank You For these comment

[@shamrock141]

Interesting to note that not all types of propaganda are bad, and we're almost incapable of avoiding using them because of our emotional basis

[@gramfero]

Propaganda is inherently neutral, and can be used for both evil and good But mlre often than not it's used gor evil by governments and corporations

[@Literallyryangosling777]

You should eat cheese NOW

[@gramfero]

@@Literallyryangosling777 cheese isn't real, you're crazy if you think otherwise

[@neonbelly4]

​@@Literallyryangosling777The terrorists eat cheese though

[@Someone.or.no-one]

That doesn't make them not bad. Using emotions to support a thesis is an appeal to emotion - a logical fallacy.

[@TejasKunduru]

The politicians have been real quiet since this dropped.

[@Mysterious-Night]

It’s only been 10 minutes lmao

[@jumpingjoy7689]

@@Mysterious-Night they are too busy cowering in fear of what paint explainer has unleashed

[@blerst7066]

@@Mysterious-Night "since this dropped" = 10 minutes. Therefore, he's technically not lying.

[@lain7758]

>the politicians 8:47

[@neonbelly4]

​@lain7758 yes, but they all use techniques shown in the video. Never say yes or no certainly

[@sarko5989]

I can’t wait for all the comments saying “supporters of x party/group should see this video” with full confidence not realizing they’ve also been propagandized

[@aayushattri3238]

Some of these are odd choices like i'm sure me and you have used this in our day-to-day lives but they're presented with much worse propaganda. Hopefully people won't assume things like testimonials are as bad as other techniques.

[@dimitriospapageorgiou]

You are teaching intelligent topics in a fun way within 10 minutes, more effectively tha most college classrooms. Kudos and keep up the great work!

[@scotandiamapping4549]

I like how you explaines Gaslighting, it's so accurate yet hilarious

[@danielkoolno]

And its gone

[@polkkavr5933]

He didn’t mention gaslighting, you’re crazy

[@Ibaraki_DX]

​@@polkkavr5933 he did, youre the one that is crazy

[@HeliumHasPassed]

@@polkkavr5933what are you talking about; he absolutely did

[@wauwau1]

​@polkkavr5933 he 100% talked about Gaslighting, watch the video again

[@skylershisman]

You described social media in so many ways. It's the easiest to spread propaganda in social media.

[@rca4788]

He described the last 3 years

[@Rubyllim]

​@@rca4788 he described the entirety of human history dude

[@jooyoonchung3593]

The video describes methods of persuasion, which have been around for as long as people have been talking, if not longer. Social media is just the most salient context for most of us here right now.

[@skylershisman]

@@jooyoonchung3593 yes, methods of persuasion, but more precisely, methods of advertising, marketing. Social media was initially used most for marketing, and propaganda is easily a form of marketing itself, so it makes sense that social media will be a place of easy-to-buy falsehoods. I'm jewish and it has not been fun being a jewish person using Instagram lately :')

[@brunomenezes9011]

Every media.

[@TheSyrianFighter]

The USA in 11 minutes:

[@jasonwhite2028]

how i wish this wasnt so true but i literally see it and hear it everyday

[@alfredandersson875]

Capitalism

[@GameUpOG]

​@@alfredandersson875because communist don't use any of these

[@androidtv8114]

It's worldwide genius

[@TheSyrianFighter]

@@androidtv8114 what do you mean it’s worldwide genius of course it’s worldwide because other governments are scared of them thank god we have some government who are actually brave enough to fight them

[@YourCapybaraAmigo_17yrsago]

Hello paint explainer friend, can you make a longer video when you go into more examples and descriptions of all of these techniques? Thanks much. One specific real world example from each technique would be awesome. Thanks for being so smort.

[@trueberryless]

I love how you manage to filter out only the necessary words (minimal amount) for explaining every technique in an easy-to-understand way! That way, we get more information from such videos than from MrBeast reading the longest word in around 2h...

[@snapphanen]

Yes

[@redstocat5455]

Yeah

[@woodybob01]

This style of video has nothing to do with Mr Breast, and vice versa

[@gingeraledude420]

MR BEAST

[@woodybob01]

@@gingeraledude420I love mr breast

[@SilverSlugs16]

Gish gallop is an especially effective one. People who don’t know that much about a given subject love to attach themselves to an authority who uses this. Ironically I think it works better when it confuses both the opposition and the supporters

[@Yotrymp]

Ben Shapiro's favorite

[@alyssarichardson2544]

The Vaush method.

[@alyssarichardson2544]

​@@Yotrymp Yeah definitely Shapiro, Vaush takes it to a whole new level though...

[@twojointsjay7330]

@@alyssarichardson2544 Shapiro does it so often and to such a degree that it should be renamed the Ben Gallop tbh

[@alyssarichardson2544]

​@@twojointsjay7330 I'm honestly not defending Shapiro, I'm using him as a point of emphasis, like "someone does this more then Ben fucking Shapiro? Bullshit, who?" because yeah, *I agree with what you're saying, he's the original and most notorious in that regard. I honestly describe Vaush as "the left wing Ben Shapiro".* I probably should have explained that but I didn't think it might imply I'm defending Shapiro. Vaush is genuinely even worse when it comes to this. I don't just think it's bias, I'm transgender, I hate BS and BS hates me (just realised those are his initials, lol), he wishes I didn't exist, I really don't think I'm biased, I can explain why I maintain Vaush is worse but this post is long enough, I'll elaborate on request but I doubt anyone cares.

[@ElTovarish]

THANK YOU FOR THE TUTORIAL :D

[@disc1142]

I nearly missed the gaslighting part because it was short but even so it was very informative!

[@8bitSpartan141]

"It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere" - Voltaire

[@patientlywatching7775]

I stopped trying to wake people, or at least cut way back. Rarely is it successful and it's often unpleasant. Still......nice to see a sleeping normie come to his/her senses.

[@marshallkimmathers]

@@patientlywatching7775or politics is just fucking insane and we don't want none of that

[@nickieglazer7065]

​@@TheDespiserWoke or Awake?!

[@aazhie]

​@patientlywatching7775 it's more helpful to go help those who are already wavering. If they are open to a real conversation, and not retreating back into the propaganda hole, it is easier to leave a mental comfort-space and snack for thought. People have behaviors much like a rodent in a burrow. They will leave their comfort zone, explore a safe distance away, and then rush back to the den if they get too far away. But they will gradually venture further away, especially if they get good rewards for getting out of the comfort zone. The more different, but rewarding experiences they have, the less fear they experience. Fear is a gigantic motivator for people to fall prey to the most sinister propgandas.

[@aazhie]

It's easier to trick someone, than it is to convince them they've been tricked. Mark Twain said this, but I don't know the exact words off hand!

[@knory123]

I once had a doorsalesman try to give me a free book with vouchers and I wouldn't take it out of their hands. It made them very awkward, holding it out to me and trying to nonverbally signing at me to take it, but it instinctively felt wrong to me to accept something from someone that I wanted gone from my doorstep as soon as possible. Would recommend, they left pretty quickly.

[@havable]

I guess he wasn't trained for how to react when someone won't take the gift. His whole pitch depended on you taking that.

[@knory123]

@@havable Yes it was quite interesting to see him struggle.

[@chrimony]

@@knory123 What I hate most is when they won't take no for an answer. I clearly indicate I'm not interested, he *knows* he's never going convince me, but he wants to sit there and argue with me. It's like they take it personal that I see right through their salesman persona.

[@knory123]

@@chrimony I completely get that! What I hate most is hired charity people in my area. They want to get you to sign up to their charity for a monthly fee and won't accept a one time donation. Those people are paid to basically shame people into signing up and usually don't even care about the charity they represent. I once had a discussion with a guy who wanted me to sign up for a specific project of Greenpeace. Because oh the poor animals in the rainforest! Look at these cute pictures! How can you say no? I said no and that I would think about doing a one time donation but I would want to look into it by myself first. He proceeded to tell me that I shouldn't do that because Greenpeace does some weird stuff sometimes. Like why are you trying to get people to donate at all then? And why would you let get yourself get hired by someone you don't agree with?

[@chrimony]

@@knory123 A one-time donation is a guaranteed way to get on their list of never-ending pestering. From their point of view, it's obvious why they want the sustained income, though.

[@saadahtsham7]

absolutely amazing video, every one should see this before they decide their world view.

[@TheeSlickShady]

It is incredible to me how much of this is around us 24/7

[@favoureduwadiae1167]

There are two common types that I noticed is over use yet people don't even noticed. 1) Instead of narrating what happened, which is the news and allowing you to judge yourself, they invite so-called experts to share their thoughts on the narrative, and their thoughts become the news. Try counting how many people are invited to share thoughts on news you haven't fully digested and you'll be shocked to realise you have only pick side to what the guest on the program said, you weren't given the time to think originally. 2) they replaced the name of a group in order to stop you from thinking or asking what they really are standing/fighting for, instead you just accept them as the bad or good guys due to the name. They use names like Terrorist group, opposition, defence unit, protesters, pro democracy, a nazi, a racist, anti-, phobia, etc

[@GuidelinesViolater]

ruSSia moment

[@Impalingthorn]

Bingo. Perfectly described why I can't follow the Democratic Party or the Left in general. The Right is guilty of propaganda too, it's just comparing the two (currently) feels ridiculous, especially given many of the top ranking politicians are all sleeping in the same bed regardless of party. Of course, say this to anyone and you'll quickly find out how effective it is. All you have to do is wait for someone to resort to using hyperbole and dehumanizing language. "Nazi", "Bigot", "Racist", "Sexist" "Homophobe", all because you pointed out something slightly inconvenient to a narrative they are spinning.

[@troybaxter]

Guilt by Association is one of the most common techniques I have seen. Everything you like and do either makes you a Nazi, Fascist, Commie, Racist, Anarchist, etc.

[@lazerizer6895]

"antifa" instead of "anti fascist action" is another good example

[@crisgriffin3042]

@@lazerizer6895 It is too vague and smeared term today to describe a certain self-claimed "antifascist" group as bad-doing or "good".

[@BalkanSpectre]

I would love to see: - Human Responses Traumatic Experiences - Techniques used be Lawyers and Lawyer Firms to win in court (or outside it thigs like slapps) - Expaining different types of Logical Arguments (and or Logic systems)

[@JustTriangle]

Nice ideas 💡👍

[@BalkanSpectre]

@@JustTriangle I got plenty more if you are interested

[@JustTriangle]

@@BalkanSpectre Of course, I make videos like this, maybe one of your ideas will turn into a future video

[@Illustratedinformationcenter]

Your insight into 'confirm-shaming' sheds light on the manipulative tactics used in advertising, making users feel compelled to choose the 'discount' option. The creative explanation of gaslighting made me do a double take-such a clever way to illustrate a complex concept! Your awareness of potential propaganda in the video adds an extra layer of critical thinking.

[@no-one-1]

Couldn't have said it better

[@theogrant528]

Thanks for this guide, it will be very helpful in dealing with my tenants!

[@awfyboy]

You grew so fast you even got sponsored! Congrats, this channel is very informative.

[@ground_news]

We're happy to sponsor The Paint Explainer! This channel is doing important work that aligns with our own mission at Ground News.

[@ashe1.070]

The way you did the gas lighting section was subtly an excellent way to explain gas lighting with having to actually explain it. Nice.

[@JustTriangle]

You right 100 %

[@wendywhite4929]

Thanks for putting this together

[@kenju8929]

been watching since your second upload, its been exciting seeing you blow up so fast

[@somedragonbastard]

Always remember, *We are not immune to propaganda. 🐈

[@subaru4920]

Yup

[@GarnachoEmpire712]

Yes I am

[@shimaaalayie9965]

*we

[@RealDevastatia]

Learning to recognize it allows some immunity.

[@MaximusAutismus]

Unless you are autistic. Jokes aside, where did the autism=immune to propaganda statement come from?

[@neverclosetoperfect]

Wow I cant believe how [political ideology I don't like] uses all of these, I'm so glad [political ideology I like] doesn't do this

[@JamieSandel]

Ever since I detached from the notion that propaganda is *inherently* evil it’s helped me be a lot less like this lol

[@discipleofdagon8195]

Me = based U = not based and cringe and yucky 🤢

[@axel665]

​@@JamieSandelso propaganda is not evil in some cases

[@Misanthropolis]

​@@axel665 Propaganda itself is not evil, but it is a tool with which to do evil things sometimes. An honest, good and genuine person would not need to use propaganda as a tool. Fighting fire with fire is a slippery slope that can corrupt you.

[@axel665]

@@Misanthropolis people will us propaganda without knowing it like appealing to emotions to pass laws or get something passed

[@user-robert5664]

Thanks for the tutorial!

[@hecoppiii]

6:19 I LOVED YOUR SUGGESTION!!! THANK YOU FOR SUGGESTING GROUND NEWS😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@TheHeck17]

Bud explained gaslighting perfectly

[@edenstonne]

Real

[@camera2178]

I always thought gaslighting wasnt real until he explained what it was

[@Revengilate]

You gotta appreciate when he went over information overload, he actually overloaded with information

[@luke.friesen]

I would love to see these spread out more: take this dense list and break them out into a few categories, maybe even separate videos. I get burnt out every time I try to get through a video in this series.

[@EdwardKnightsWrites]

I loved the section on gaslighting especially. It's often used and hard to spot, but you explain it so well! Make sure to take note of it, folks.

[@daniel-panek]

That was a good one. He explained the gaslighting section very directly and in order without skipping a beat. He could have done something like skip it for comic effect, but he didn't and I admire that.

[@Adam-hp5hj]

Gaslighting doesn't have much of a place in a video about propaganda.

[@aster2790]

​​@@Adam-hp5hjIt does, russian government for example loves to say that Russia never lost a single war. Which isn't true

[@Adam-hp5hj]

@aster2790 that's not gaslighting, though. Gaslighting is a specific form of personal manipulation. Russian lies about their war record is the end goal, but uses propaganda tactics to convince people it's true.

[@kelvinpell4571]

Jan 6th was almost pure gaslighting

[@TerribleWarden]

A reminder: You and I are not immune to propaganda

[@sor3999]

You would think people watching would gain some kind of self awareness, but I know someone personally who is like the poster child of being propagandized and thinks he's too smart to fall for any of this. In fact there's a side bar recommendation for a Second Thought video titled "You Are Not Immune to Propaganda" which is funny because his whole channel is just the usual anti-capitalist propaganda everyone's heard a million times.

[@guillermoelnino]

@@sor3999 hes on youtube so its not a stretch to believe he sides with the communist authoritsrian cabal that is big tech.

[@travismorrissey2268]

Love the videos keep up the great work

[@empmachine]

You should totally sell posters!.. I've looked for some that show your work and found none (I think I'll need to see them everyday, so poster seemed prudent). I guess it's screenshot-wallpaper-time ;p Thanks for the great content (this and the others!)

[@Spubbily01]

I appreciate how my government teacher had us do current events with the intention of teaching us how to spot bias and misinformation, sometimes he even had us read from sketchy news sites with the intention of us finding bias. Education really helps us combat misinformation, surprise surprise.

[@svanimation8969]

So tell me Does DW news do propaganda or not ? And what side they are right center or left ? 🤓

[@kelvinpell4571]

I'm amazed your teacher wasn't fired! Of course it depends where you are. In most Western countries any teacher training students to question the left wing narrative would be cancelled.

[@charlespentrose7834]

Funny, I've heard more cases of the right trying to ban teachers from talking about subjects - like racism and homosexuality. @@kelvinpell4571

[@LoveOneAnotherHeSaid]

Yeah? Go have a look for what Charlie Munger has to say about human perception and decision-making.

[@bluefmi]

"I appreciate how my government teacher had us do current events with the intention of teaching us how to spot bias and misinformation, sometimes he even had us read from sketchy news sites with the intention of us finding bias. Education really helps us combat misinformation, surprise surprise." first time i hear something like that you either had a great teacher

[@d-boi9785]

You just described the way I talk to my friends in only 10 minutes. Congratulations.

[@NOOR-vy8pi]

Great timing of this video.

[@konbkob4156]

9:39 criminal.... Criminal criminal criminal.... Criminal criminal criminal....

[@addison_v_ertisement1678]

Purple guy appears

[@The_explainer24]

*Its kind of refreshing seeing this type of content on youtube, no intro, no filler, barely an outro, i love it, just straight forward and educational.*

[@lennyface5314]

why is this all bold text, looks so goofy

[@cataclysmi]

@@lennyface5314 to try and get more likes since it's more noticeable. pretty dumb ngl

[@GarnachoEmpire712]

@@lennyface5314cause it’s a bot

[@Istandby666]

*use the star to BOLD* write between the stars * *

[@Reddblue]

Psychology is so underrated and should be taught more in schools. Especially when shit like these exist..

[@Spiral.Dynamics]

School is propaganda.

[@Reddblue]

@@Spiral.Dynamics Yeah, I don't deny that. But it's the best we can come up with to pass down generational education on everything. Although it has to fit the agenda/narrative 😑

[@ananamu2248]

Beware ...something learned without experience Nd outcomes can be misused ...schools ought only teach the physical and creativity ,but allow trails to be taken as the child's interests lead . It seems to me America schools take too much on as their responsibility....much of which is none of their business ..they control more than classrooms

[@KeeganB-uw9po]

Taking psychology right now and last semester. They are incorporating indoctrination in the curriculum. Still some good stuff that we learn but it’s also becoming tainted by the education system.

[@LoveOneAnotherHeSaid]

But don't learn about psychology from KZbin. I beg you. It's uncredentialed for the most part.

[@brandonprendergast7806]

The gish gallop explanation sounded personal XD

[@kaio0777]

This is one I have to rewatch in the future as well.

[@voidnull9438]

I love how they thought we wouldn’t notice the skipping of gaslighting 😂

[@EEE-1409]

Nah man they definitely covered it

[@HeliumHasPassed]

They covered it tho

[@gryphowlee3860]

Nah bro they did it watch again

[@Uhhhi-ih8bb]

This guy tryna trick us to think we didn't watch it. I get the joke.

[@The_scrongler1978]

Bro you gotta watch the video again

[@michaelgum97]

I do often see the Latitude of Acceptance done by video game publishers and Unity, they announce the worst version of their new monitization system, then dial it back to a more "acceptable" version after waves of backlaah in a smokescreen of "listening to feedback". I included Unity because they wanted to charge an install fee, at first, it was a percentage base that got higher the more installs your software got if you're using the paid version, and installs from the same account on different hardware counted as new installs, along with different accounts on the same hardware. This would of course lead to massive loses on devs, so they dialed it back to a more "aaceptable" version and successfully implemented the "install fee" bs.

[@ReachTea]

And they'll do it again and creep just a little further every time, it's hard to make people angry over the course of 10 years

[@unbreakablefootage]

1:40 this image with the follow up image in the garden is just ...

[@BlueMist0]

can you do ancient egypt gods explained?? your videos are amazing!!!

[@EEE-1409]

This channel is a hidden gem. I love it so much!! 🙏 The information is simple and quick. Very good!

[@zurathewoz4205]

For the first time in a forever. I’m really impressed by the transition into the advert. Fits perfectly into the video.

[@Whyarewehuman]

Thanks for the tutorial☺️💓

[@user-ld4yi2ki5k]

Really excellent work in your video

[@Pines_Peaches]

Thanks you the quick and easy summarys along with the visual representation ,helps alot

[@Lilly-fh7re]

love how the information overload section is more than twice as long as any of the others

[@JustTriangle]

Yes, this is fast travel in education 😅

[@ShootingtheAC130]

Thank you so much for this. I always wanted to study propaganda, and this is a wonderful overview!

[@littleladybrooks6635]

Thanks for teaching us. This info will be useful if we ever start making our own propeganda.

[@washair4167]

The skipping over of gaslighting and no mentioning of it whatsoever afterwards is either a perfect mistake or a scheme to make us all go insane.

[@markjohn4203]

That's was gaslighting is 😅😅😅 It makes you question yourself !!!

[@gayfrogluvr]

Very nice video! Another technique I've seen used often is to accuse an opponent of doing or attempting the same exact bad thing you are doing. This often works well as a diversion to simultaneously attack an opponent while keeping attention away from oneself. It might seem incredibly obvious what you're doing but in practice the real facts are often very obfuscated and the accusations are very difficult to defend yourself from

[@polygondeath2361]

(Israel and turkiye)

[@e.t.291]

*Russia calling Ukrainians nazis while Wagner is/was full of neo-nazis*

[@CadaverCo]

Russia: “Ukraine is about to use dirty bombs” Rest of the world who isn’t brain dead: “fuck”

[@LRM12o8]

That's called projection Example: The conservatives here in Germany have been accusing anyone who uses gender-inclusive language of wanting to control how people write and speak, but now they (conservatives) are making moves to outlaw gender-inclusive language*, thus controlling how people write and speak! *or as they call it: "gendered" language. Which completely (and very intentionally) ignores the fact the German language is inherently gendered and what they're actually advocating for is everything to be gendered masculine.

[@taruemilia9335]

Classic example of projection

[@pilot8720]

I find it interesting how many of those are then related to logical fallacies which sometimes have similar names. For example Firehose of Falsehood would relate to the logical fallacy of Shotgun Argumentation, and Appeal to Fear would relate to the logical fallacy of Appeal to Emotion.

[@Name_Lessness]

I'd like to see this channel do a video about the different personality tests.

[@eqwerewrqwerqre]

This is an awesome video. I find myself really wishing for you to expand on or show down on some of these. You could even bring in a couple real world examples to really ground these ideas in the viewership minds. It's a huge amount of information and i want more! Great job

[@Alblaka]

I think the very point of this channel is to NOT bring real world examples, because that way you end up on a political side (even if only in that very moment) of whatever you're using as a negative example. If your goal is to educate people despite their already existing political leanings, avoiding any and all real-world-examples is a good way to do it. You cannot be accused of bias if you stay minimalistic and factual.

[@eg12p34]

Bro really explained the mechanism of western news media in a 10 minute video.

[@luker.6967]

News media everywhere.

[@OnyxtheFolf]

By describing this as "Western media" you're engaging in half truth propaganda yourself by stating something that is correct but omitting the fact that all of this happens in the global east as well

[@user-lq2hu7zx9o]

it’s an oversimplification

[@euphra5674]

Wow this is kind of crazy i clicked on this video because i wanted some white noise in the background whilst I style my hair but I actually ended up learning a lot... A lot of things in life that I would just label off as marketing or inequality that are actuallt also forms of propaganda. And i usually think that im pretty self aware of the media I consume and that propaganda is unlikely to affect me but I now see that yes I have probably consumed each and every type of propaganda and at some points even fell for them.. this is very educating and was a great watch, this is what I love about youtube

[@scronx]

You have really, really got the stuff here!

[@ahmetkeremcetin9284]

Can we appreciate the fact that this channel has grown in an instant? Congrats!

[@lifeless5064]

Oh man, excited to watch this one. I can already tell that this will be simple and understandable. Thanks a lot for your content man! Keep it up!

[@dark.explainer_]

Incredibly informative video! Your concise breakdown is both eye-opening and educational

[@BINSNEWS]

It's a lot easier to con someone into believing a lie than to convince someone of the truth based on a smart argument or perspective. Smart & clever video.

[@duckbox2237]

I'm so glad i found this channel everyone on media has some type of motive.

[@ataarono]

people have motives and dreams, imagine my suprise.

[@Banana_Fusion]

Governments on their way to use this video as a checklist:

[@ed4528]

Dang that college debate professor was right about ben shapiro, the dude does gish gallop a lot lol.

[@rawmakers]

Would love to see this video with real life clips/instances where these tactics have been used!

[@Humanresouces]

0:16 For example: The Iraq war was sold on false assumptions of connections to terrorist groups and WMDs. We did not find either after the end of the war.