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I remember seeing a funny post of liberals coping with "communist nations are happier" by saying "well they're happier because of all the propaganda" which even if it was true (it's not) wouldn't that still be a good thing?
It's such a ridiculous premise too, like people are being tricked into being happy. If propaganda worked that way then everybody in the west would be positively ecstatic given that US has the biggest and most sophisticated propaganda machine in history.
Part of it is intent, like they do have the biggest propaganda machine in history, but it's tuned towards making people angry and miserable. The closest thing you have to 'happiness' propaganda are those ads that suggest therapy where if you go for them your boss will fire you.