Comic #7288: propaganda-2

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Panel 1: Person 1: How do people ever fall for fascist propaganda, when it’s invariably hamfisted and stupid?

Person 2: Stupid is a feature, not a bug.

Panel 2: Person 3: Propaganda isn’t stupid in order to reach stupid people. It’s stupid because stupid beliefs are a great costly signal of in-group loyalty.

Panel 3: Person 4: Imagine being part of a group where the price for entrance is believing a tiny minority with strong opinions on bagels controls the planet via invisible orbital weapons. Once you’re in, you are WAY IN, and you have no friends outside the group.

Panel 4: Person 5: Instant tight community, and no need to go to church or provide community service.

Panel 5: Person 1: Wait no, don’t get the wrong message from—

Person 2: Those bastards with their space-powers!

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