Mirroring

Accusation in a Mirror, also known as Mirroring, is a propaganda tactic in which one falsely attributes one's own motives and/or intentions to one's adversaries.

“Accuse the other side of that of which you are guilty” is a quote commonly misattributed to Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels, who was known to use this technique to great effect. The quote itself appears to be a rewording of a statement by Goebbels from a 1934 Nurenberg rally: “The cleverest trick used in propaganda against Germany during the war was to accuse Germany of what our enemies themselves were doing.” Indeed, the British financial elite are also notorious for using this same trick in their own propaganda. This notorious misquote provides a solid example of how much chaos, confusion & distrust can arise on a global scale when two opposing world powers deploy mirroring tactics against each other.

In oligarchical two-party political systems, mirroring is oftentimes deliberately used on both sides to keep the general public running in circles and subservient to the powers that be. A great example here is in the United States, where the Democrats and Republicans (both funded by the same Wall Street oligarchs) mirror each other on a regular basis as a means of stifling independent or third-party dissent. The news media and astroturf groups that serve these parties will readily parrot these talking points as well.