How to Brainwash a Nation

From Episode Two of the film series "The Century of the Self" by Adam Curtis. The nephew of Sigmund Freud, Edward Bernays started his business life as a publicist. While still in his twenties, he was part of the propaganda effort that drove the United States into in World War I (WW I.)

He personally advised several US presidents starting with Woodrow Wilson and counseled numerous corporations and business associations. Hitler's propaganda chief and Nazi henchman Joseph Goebbels was a reader and fan of Bernay's writing in particular Bernay's book "Crystalizing Public Opinion."

In this short excerpt from Curtis's film we see one example of Bernays at work.

Bernays was one of the engineers of the Cold War. He perfected the technique of manufacturing a distant but ever-threatening enemy and then creating a constant state of fear by generating false news reports that endlessly re-stated and exagerated the threat.

The stated purpose of Bernay's methods was to give those in power greater control over what he called "the mass mind." It worked well in the 1950s and sadly, it appears to be working quite well today... but maybe not forever.

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[1337wafflezz]

If you control all the information and news of a nation, then it is no longer a Democracy. It is a voluntary dictatorship

[levisdad]

We have started a Facebook group called TRUTH SEEKERS AND SOLUTION IMPLEMENTORS for any one who loves EVERYONE and wants to UNITE THE PLANET AGAINST ALL CORRUPTION or DIE TRYING!! Via LEGAL METHODS of EXPOSING and bringing attn to the error of our apathetic ways for letting corrupt sycophants STEAL OUR FREEDOM and then MAKE US PAY!!!

[towerofrebel]

question social media as well

[ped200014]

@1337wafflezz Democracy always has been about passive control from the very begining. Give men a chance for a micro-revolution every 4 years and you significantly lessen the reality of a real revolution. It's not a coincidence that when the ancient greeks were developing the idea of democracy they were at the same time developing, defining and outlining the foundations of propaganda rhetoric. Democracy is the worst of all systems, because with it men do not even realize they are controlled.

[Sozlled]

@TheSpeckofdust Oh go take a thorazine.

[LFCsoldier]

The dumbest comment on YouTube is below this.

[brentjohnsondesigns]

...so what your saying is that we shouldn't listen to news and social media... ok, then I won't listen to you since this would be considered "news and social media."

[meatjucifer]

Explains why America voted for Obama..ha

[1337wafflezz]

If you control all the information and news of a nation, then it is no longer a Democracy. It is a voluntary dictatorship

[skidan4real]

@monkeylx1 Of course you can, add me also...Peace & Wholeness :-)