How To Brainwash A Nation


	How To Brainwash A Nation

BartendingBear

1-28-2008 9:13 AM

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BartendingBear says:

Visit clip source for a great short video about Edward Bernays, Assassin of Democracy. Videos tend to get buried. I thought this to be worth wider attention.

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2-7-2008 7:05 AM

deb2012

This vid should be required viewing in every high school history class. Wow.

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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."</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://video.google.com/videohosted?docid=3081752751625862941">
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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.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://video.google.com/videohosted?docid=3081752751625862941">
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