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The social score thing isn’t really propaganda as much as it is idiots believing whatever they read. It started from what was essentially thinly veiled racism, and became “true” because people kept hearing it.
Great example of how "ironic" racism is still racism. It invites actual racists to join and fit in.
That's generally how propaganda works, though.
Eh… I guess, only insofar as any racist bullshit that gets misunderstood as benign.