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** The most well known example is the [[Red Scare]]. The Soviet Union did NOT have a "missile gap" (that is, much more nukes than the US), they did NOT want to start [[World War III]], and the "Communist Rules for Revolution" were a conspiracy theory.
** The most well known example is the [[Red Scare]]. The Soviet Union did NOT have a "missile gap" (that is, much more nukes than the US), they did NOT want to start [[World War III]], and the "Communist Rules for Revolution" were a conspiracy theory.
*** However, the Soviets did put a significant amount of disinformation efforts into making us ''believe'' that the first two were true, because intimidation is a valid diplomatic strategy (and so is bluffing). As for the third, the "Communist Rules For Revolution" are an only moderate exaggeration of Antonio Gramsci's theory of cultural hegemony and associated political strategies for coming to infiltrate and dominate social institutions, and he was the founder of the Italian Communist Party.
*** However, the Soviets did put a significant amount of disinformation efforts into making us ''believe'' that the first two were true, because intimidation is a valid diplomatic strategy (and so is bluffing). As for the third, the "Communist Rules For Revolution" are an only moderate exaggeration of Antonio Gramsci's theory of cultural hegemony and associated political strategies for coming to infiltrate and dominate social institutions, and he was the founder of the Italian Communist Party.
*** There were also a certain number of governments involved in the Cold War that at least ''attempted'' some kind of psychological warfare operations to disorient, manipulate, or sabotage an enemy nation's population and cultural institutions. That number is "all of them".
* ''[[Harry Potter]]'' has been accused of teaching children devil-lore. Worse, some of the cherry picked lines used to 'prove' the evil lessons come from Voldemort, the [[Big Bad]].
* ''[[Harry Potter]]'' has been accused of teaching children devil-lore. Worse, some of the cherry picked lines used to 'prove' the evil lessons come from Voldemort, the [[Big Bad]].
* [[Ayn Rand]] often gets portrayed very negatively. Often her form of [[Objectivism]] gets lumped in with many extreme right political philosophies or portrayed as a license to be a complete [[Jerkass]]. That some some notable Objectivists have apparently taken it to be such doesn't help. [[Ayn Rand]] herself liked to portray ''her'' political adversaries as completely morally bankrupt with no redeeming qualities what-so-ever.
* [[Ayn Rand]] often gets portrayed very negatively. Often her form of [[Objectivism]] gets lumped in with many extreme right political philosophies or portrayed as a license to be a complete [[Jerkass]]. That some some notable Objectivists have apparently taken it to be such doesn't help. [[Ayn Rand]] herself liked to portray ''her'' political adversaries as completely morally bankrupt with no redeeming qualities what-so-ever.
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