Balanced Propaganda
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All successful mass-movements strike a balance between atrocity porn and victoriousness.
Communism, Left-liberalism, various Islamist movements, Zionism, Hindutva.
“We have been oppressed, but we are now rising up and will prevail” Every piece of propaganda must include both.
1. explanation
“It’s always darkest before the dawn” is false.
What’s true is that man brings on the dawn only when he notices that it’s dark (and for this it should be bright enough for him to be awake).
2. related
They have but what I am telling you is that the general psyche of Hindu society is that it is fired up more through triumphs and victories than even well meaning seethe directed at its persecution
That’s for when you’ve already built the consensus that your cause and anything you do for it is justified.
The related “our enemies are a very formidable force but our cause is justified, and we will prevail against them” is found amply in Indian literature.