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34 THE TECHNIQUES OF SOVIET PROPAGANDA propaganda galleries for the Sovieta, who have confused and decerved blic opinion so profoundly that today many na believe at is oscow which honestly wishes to disarm, and ¥ i stubbornly resisting. . tb ee eid ple ashington which is Goods fae orig oF” V. Locomacuic Mrans 2 RT The lack of nranaradnaa of tha neonle in tha fraa world hoth is : wewney factual knowledge and in the art of discussion, enables the Soviets to flood the West with fallacies painstakingly fabricated to delude hands of the Communists. minds; with views apparently plausible but actually playimg into the © . 2 es CHANGING FEAME OF REFERENCE 4ND LIGHTING wel To delude judgments, Communist propaganda primarily uses a eab- tle and effective method, consisting of covertly changing frames of reference and lighting when passing from the Soviet regime to the free world. Summarized in the following table are the more systematic modifications of criteria and attitudes, surreptitiously implemented by auxiliaries. Cy Concerning the Soviet regime Concerning Western regimes ‘ Frame of reference adopted for judg- | Dialectics......------------2-206 Ethie. | a . re le Terms of reference used for fudgment_| The future... ...-.-------- --+.] The a : The bistorical proeems...--- ae we lemishes of the present... pene se pen ence enn eeeee .e..| Means, Elements considered valid for judg- | Promises....-...-.- . Ach iemmente. ment, Attitude edopted.....--.--...-.---.- Determin - os Tntellectnal standards Dialectical weaving (to evade ps ey paving ( contradicti: bys Scrupies (to act penscire ...| Polamios (to soctherate canware). Key words in speeches...........---- Poople,, .-...-2 22-2. sseeen ens Money Worl i AS ons Btyle of approval. ........-~....----- fp - ' Style of criticism. ....-_... atiff...-..-.-- of mind cultivated pen To review the principal “organized fallacies” circulated by Com- - munist propaganda: 7 ae, FALLACY NO. 1; WE ARE FACED WITH A CONFLICT BETWEEN “TWO BLOCB,” THE U,8.6.8, AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA This propaganda theme is in accord with the old liberal illusion that ~ international conflicts invariably have a sordid economic basis. It renders the U.S.S.R. several services: Establishing parity of guilt between the U.S.S.R. and the United States as equally engaged in defending or extending their interests concealing unilateral Soviet aims, and practices of aggression and hegemony by this false symmetry. ince the matter is represented as simply one of rivalry between interests, uninvolved countries are induced to believe they may remain aloof as neutrals. Yet the conflict is neither national nor economic. It does not exist between two empires; neither between socialism and capitalism.