Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola Fact Checked January 09, 2023
STORY AT-A-GLANCE
COVID-19 is the largest, most sophisticated propaganda operation in history.
Psychological techniques were extensively used during 2020 to incite fear and panic in
the population
Propaganda strategies were also used to get people to support and defend irrational
COVID measures such as masking, isolation, social distancing, lockdowns and jab
mandates
What made the COVID propaganda so much more effective than any previous
propaganda operation is the fact that a virus is the perfect enemy. It’s invisible, could be
carried by anyone, including those you love the most, and could “get” you anywhere
Classical rhetoric is about persuasion through argument. It appeals to logic. Propaganda,
on the other hand, is a kind of subrational manipulation that appeals to our most basic
instincts, such as fear. An informal definition of propaganda is “an organized attempt to
get people to think or do something — or not think or do something”
The Great Lie is possible because the more divorced a lie is from reality, the more likely it
is to succeed, as most people are reluctant to think that authority figures would lie and
completely ignore reality