Edward Bernays and the Art of Public Manipulation

The book, Propaganda by Edward Bernays.
http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/bernprop.html

YouTube documentary about Edward Bernays:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_playlists&search_query=...

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[markymarkuss777]

Shadow manipulators dictate what type of music gets mainstream. They control what the celebrities wear. They decide which movies are shown at the box office. They manipulate what news items are allowed over the airwaves to the public. They set the fads. They manipulate your mind to believe that success is being able to dribble a basketball, or walk down a runway with lingerie on. They control it all, and subsequently, they are able to control us all (the way we think, act, talk, and dress!)

[trufiend138]

lets face our goverment is corrupt because we as people are morally and spiritually bankrupt/corrupt..we allow it to continue on everyday...and worse thing is each generation becomes more apathetic, self involved, and greedy.

[ScienceAndEvidence]

What is this shit? You just read Adam Curtis's work on Bernays word for word over top of his documentary footage, you added nothing, this is not your work at all.

The original: The Century of the Self by Adam Cutis.

/watch?v=Kintd8YC4Ow

[neoplastik]

Bernays: un volgare criminale...

[hunarf]

Juden Raus!

[144jr144]

I like the video generally. However, the idea that private enterprise took over politics as in was not already the foundation of political systems from the beginning... may be entirely propaganda. ;)

[Wuety06]

@Yoshi5020 ment the last one 4 u... but to finish the train of thought. look at what they have taught u. you are supposed to be instantly decisive or you are weak(they want us to make impulse buys so this is helpful) logically this is horrible. yes there are times when ur gut is the best option but most of the time, sitting down thinking about a solution, thinking about issues with it and even asking a few others if they see holes in ur ideas would yield a better result.

[Wuety06]

we probably do agree on many things... but where i beg to differ is to many people relying on logic. when i look around I see people who have no idea why they do or say most of the things they do. I also see many people who dont even attempt to trace the root cause of motivations or feelings they just go with them. i see an abundance of "i feel it, it must be right". human rationalization doesnt always = logic. teaching logic and probability for error is what i see as the way to make people sane

[Yoshi5020]

@Wuety06

Thanks for taking my comment seriously. You did a nice job restating what I was saying.

Hey, logic is great-- we should try to use it as much as possible. I said what I said because people have too much faith in it. Rationalization can be used to support just about anything, and is often self-deceiving. A common false premise is that we think we know our own motivations, when often we don't. Anyways, I'm out of space, but we probably agree for the most part.

[Wuety06]

@Yoshi5020 put simply its illogical to even claim absolute truth of an equation if you cant prove the premises/variables truth values.

your "gut feeling" is your brain firing biological logic circuits. u r right they change with learning; the issue is some of what you learn by the media and gov is designed to make those circuits short out/incorrectly connect.

reasonable advice: question your emotion and trace out why you feel that way and why you believe the why.

[Wuety06]

@Yoshi5020 let me get this str8:

logic: worse because even though the operands/rules are perfect, if you apply them 2 false assumptions u get an answer that the rules say is right

emotions are better because they are best/quick approximations of all of your brains knowledge. which can b wrong.

you missed that one of the rules of logic says that the answer is only as good as the assumptions Google GIGO. brains can be flawed by bias and physical defects. ur argument is self defeating