among the many problems with (may god forgive me) the steak umms twitter account's narrative about propaganda and misinformation being most appealing to the disenfranchised is that it just doesn't bear any historical scrutiny. middle class is the bulwark of fascism, for example

another issue is: i wouldn't lump together 'propaganda' 'conspiracy theories' and 'misinformation.' propaganda has an agenda, but it's not necessarily false; conspiracy theories are bottom-up speculation, not top-down misinfo campaigns (generally.)