How To Respond To Propaganda
Part 2: The very idea of truth is under assault
The following four-part series is my tribute to Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s 1974 essay, Live Not By Lies, based on what I am observing in the West. Here are links to the other parts: Part 1, Part 3, and Part 4.
It is directly inspired by Solzhenitsyn’s form and format.
After his exile from Russia to the West, Alexander Solzhenitsyn warned of the dangers of staying silent in the face of shameless propaganda and, worse, agreeing to lies.
How will you respond to what you see happening around you?
We may feel uncomfortable at what we see happening, but feel helpless to take action. Our voices have been silenced as effectively as any muzzle.
Nobody cares about our ideas, and no one wants to hear them. How can you get an angry, shouting mob to hear your voice? They have no mind, so how can you change their mind?
We used to have representation through our politicians, but we have no confidence in the fairness of elections in our country. What use are strikes and demonstrations when they devolve into street fights, property destruction, and arson?
Now that the university elite has laced poison into the minds of an army of youths, we see the withered…
