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[–] daltotron@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda

I always found this kind of funny. As opposed to, what, communication that's just for the speaker to assuage their own self-doubt? Is that really even a distinction that's possible to make, anyways?