Why do Americans Hate the Word Propaganda?

Because the British snookered us into WWI with it, and Wilson’s man Creel continued the scam. You can fool all of the people some of the time, but when the people find out they’ve been had they usually vote the bums out.

All this took place nine years shy of a century ago, four generations back, but America’s ability to counter adversarial propaganda, defeat hostile Morale Operations and muster up and retain the national will to exercise power on the world stage is still hampered by our inability to be objective about a vital component of psychological operations.