Propaganda with a Like Button

They didn’t need to burn books. They just flooded the shelves.

We thought the danger would be censorship. Instead, it’s distraction.

Every feed is a firehose. But not of truth—of noise.
Memes pretending to be meaning. Outrage dressed as activism.
And we scroll, thinking we're thinking.

Social media didn’t hijack politics. It became politics.
Algorithms don’t have values. But they reward the ones who pretend best.

A whisper of propaganda used to be enough. Now it wears makeup, gets likes, and dances to trending audio.
And we call it “content.”

We’re not being manipulated like puppets. That would be too obvious.
We’re being nudged, entertained, engaged—until we forget who’s pulling the strings.

This isn’t about left or right. It’s about off.

The antidote isn’t more shouting.
It’s the courage to disconnect…
and the clarity to see that silence might be the most radical act left.