These two concepts have been fighting in my mind for a long time.
From 0 to 100 as a ruler of measuring the truthfulness of information, education stands at 100, propaganda locates at 50, while at the far end 0 there sits the brainwash.
The outcome of the ideal education should be creativity, while propaganda won’t be necessarily invoking the sparkle of creation.
Though education is ideally good as we all are brainwashed to believe in education. In reality, most of the education is company with instructor’s belief as a way of propaganda. In another word, the pure 100% education is not possible, unless the learner is highly logical.
Interestingly, propaganda in English is codified with negative meaning, while in Chinese (mainland China) it carries merely positive meaning. I can associate propaganda with marketing, creative arts, and this is the first time comparing the difference between propaganda and education.
Clear mind is needed to distinguish brainwash from education. Even this blog entry, it is an education outcome for me; and it might be a form of brainwash for the readers.
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1 comment:
This is a great point, and I'm so happy to see that you're writing in your blog again! Your blog is awesome :)
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