Why do modern governments choose to convey information through propaganda? How and why does the Party use propaganda? Is it meant to suppress the citizens of Oceania from starting revolution, or frighten them, or brainwash them? How does this compare to s

Some governments today, I won't name any names here, prefer propaganda to facts. Creating truth is better than the actual truth if a irresponsible government wishes to stay in power. Propaganda is used as a way to "inform" a populist base of people to make whatever the state wants into reality. This is the essence of 1984 as well as the goal for many autocratic states in the past.

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