@mishaL it is only words and definitions.
One go from the top, and the other go toward the top (and generally from the middle-high, not from the bottom which are only tools in both cases).
So yes, it can be seen as "total opposite", but not really from a "bottom-people" point of view.

A government saying it gives billions to health system, but in fact dimnish the funding at other places and give more money to private health. And then ask police services to pressure journalists who write about that.
Is it conspiracy ? Propaganda ? Both ?

I don't really care what it is, I'll take the dictionnary used by the one I try to convince.