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> People buy into the propaganda that their taxes will go up

That's not propaganda. State and local taxes in Wa state have gone nowhere but up for the last 40 years I've lived here. Sound Transit has gotten themselves huge tax increases.

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It is propaganda, the only reason you don't pay higher taxes is that car infrastructure is heavily subsidized compared to transit.

I certainly do pay taxes for the roads, bridges, and infrastructure.

When you factor in externalities you're living on borrowed time, debt and climate wise.

That's a different topic.

It's related since there's a very strong argument you (and Americans in general) aren't paying enough taxes and some things should be outright banned (single family homes on 75% of built land, in a country with an ever-growing population and a housing affordability crises and some of the highest per capita greenhouse gas emissions; maybe that percentage should be 50% or 33%)).

But that's political suicide to say out loud as a politician.

Propaganda can be true and factual; perhaps what the parent comment meant is that a minor detail can be exaggerated to dissuade / influence a voter's behavior.

Google's definition:

"information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view."

Emphasis is mine.

biased does not mean incorrect. the devil is truly in the details, here.

> Propaganda can be true and factual;

so that's what's called a convincing argument then?

when done by a state-entity with the purpose to influence, yeah exactly.

There is no more room for roads - transit is the only alternative.

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