It has all to do with the definition of what it means to be a man. Because an oppressor recognizes that it is far more likely that it is the male of the species whose going to resist domination - Dr Amos Wilson
so if #reason were #corrupted and the ability to #imagine was curtailed ... then #logic would easily invalidate logic and #justice could never be insured ... #beauty would become perverse, expression would never be #free #freedom wouldn't exist, and #time would stop #progress could be expressed in regards to #context and frame of reference without knowledge of self humanity needed rule without cultural memory #parents wouldn't be needed #man would #kill man, for they knew not who they were #confusion would become #normality #control by #division and #population #limitation would necessitate a massive #hypnotic #coma a #veil of #propaganda to mask the #matrix of depraved #delusion this #deviation required a swinging clock held by a small number of #hidden #hands hello mister #architect i have a #letter for you let them go or your time will end knowledge will unite them, and you cant stop it #blackmartyr #harvest #gameplan
in this totalitarian age only a psychological world-wide coup will save us
them, they will eat sardines on mars for an epoch and try and come back
if we cant see the stars we dont know who we are and theyve blocked out the sun so now im on the run
#context: #whitesupremacy vs #blacksupremacy
#context: #intellect vs #heart
#context: #subconscious vs #conscious
#context: #infinite vs #finite
#context: #timeless vs #time
its #conspiracy #theory until the #research turns it into a #model
In thinking this over, and my current criteria for truth, esp. in relation to conditioning, social understandings, and psychological war, I am trying to put things into context in my mind.
Continued in 'Truth in Context: What is it, How is it found, and Why is it hidden? Truth in Perspective ...
http://smellslikehumanspirit.com/edwa... Edward Bernays' 'Propaganda' Deconstructed - The following is a 10 hour audio series that I recorded between April 2013 and February 2014, all about the 'Father of PR', Edward Bernays. This series is probably the project that I'm most proud of since I began podcasting. In fact, on a near daily basis, I still receive e-mails about it!
Over the course of 10 hours (!), I take you through Bernays' magnum opus, 'Propaganda', written in 1928. I take a critical look at just how influential his ideas were, and detail the resulting impact in relation to public relations, advertising, celebrity culture, and democracy itself. Along the way, you will hear from various guest speakers as well, including Edward Bernays' own daughter, Anne Bernays.
If you would like even more information on Edward Bernays and 'Propaganda', you can head over to http://smellslikehumanspirit.com/edwa... to access further resources, read the book transcript, and even download this series in an 13-part episode format.
With that all being said, I encourage you to listen, like, share and subscribe! I appreciate your support, so enjoy, and peace :) - Guy Evans
Who is Edward Bernays?
Edward Bernays, born in Vienna in 1891 and famously the nephew of Sigmund Freud, was perhaps the pioneer in the field of Public Relations, and highly influential in providing the framework for modern advertising. His work aimed to convince people to want things that they didn’t need, and in the process, link their unconscious desires to the consumption of mass produced goods. This in turn, it was theorized, could be used to control the masses, as by keeping them distracted on frivolous happenings and relatively unimportant wants, they wouldn’t interfere with the activities of what he called ‘the important few’.
CONTENTS
I. Organizing Chaos 9
II. The New Propaganda 19
III. The New Propagandists .... 32
IV. The Psychology of Public Relations 47
V. Business and the Public .... 62
VI. Propaganda and Political Leadership 92
VII. Women's Activities and Propaganda 115
VIII. Propaganda for Education . . 121
IX. Propaganda in Social Service . . 135
X. Art and Science 141
XI. The Mechanics of Propaganda . . 150
Excerpt:
CHAPTER I
ORGANIZING CHAOS
The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the
organized habits and opinions of the masses is an
important element in democratic society. Those who
manipulate this unseen mechanism of society consti-
tute an invisible government which is the true ruling
power of our country.
We are governed, our minds are molded, our
tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men
we have never heard of. This is a logical result of
the way in which our democratic society is organized.
Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in
this manner if they are to live together as a smooth-
ly functioning society.
Our invisible governors are, in many cases, un-
aware of the identity of their fellow members in the
inner cabinet.
They govern us by their qualities of natural leader-
ship, their ability to supply needed ideas and by their
key position in the social structure. Whatever atti-
tude one chooses to take toward this condition, it
remains a fact that in almost every act of our daily
lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business,
in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are
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Propaganda
dominated by the relatively small number of per-
sons — a trifling fraction of our hundred and twenty
million — who understand the mental processes and
social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the
wires which control the public mind, who harness old
social forces and contrive new ways to bind and guide
the world.
It is not usually realized how necessary these in-
visible governors are to the orderly functioning of
our group life. In theory, every citizen may vote
for whom he pleases. Our Constitution does not
envisage political parties as part of the mechanism
of government, and its framers seem not to have
pictured to themselves the existence in our national
politics of anything like the modern political ma-
chine. But the American voters soon found that
without organization and direction their individual
votes, cast, perhaps, for dozens or hundreds of can-
didates, would produce nothing but confusion. In-
visible government, in the shape of rudimentary
political parties, arose almost overnight. Ever since
then we have agreed, for the sake of simplicity and
practicality, that party machines should narrow down
the field of choice to two candidates, or at most three
or four.
In theory, every citizen makes up his mind on
public questions and matters of private conduct. In
practice, if all men had to study for themselves the
abstruse economic, political, and ethical data involved
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Organizing Chaos
in every question, they would find it impossible to
come to a conclusion about anything. We have
voluntarily agreed to let an invisible government
sift the data and high-spot the outstanding issues so
that our field of choice shall be narrowed to practical
proportions. From our leaders and the media they
use to reach the public, we accept the evidence and
the demarcation of issues bearing upon public ques-
tions; from some ethical teacher, be it a minister, a
favorite essayist, or merely prevailing opinion, we
accept a standardized code of social conduct to which
we conform most of the time.
In theory, everybody buys the best and cheapest
commodities offered him on the market. In practice,
if every one went around pricing, and chemically
testing before purchasing, the dozens of soaps or
fabrics or brands of bread which are for sale, eco-
nomic life would become hopelessly jammed. To
avoid such confusion, society consents to have its
choice narrowed to ideas and objects brought to its
attention through propaganda of all kinds. There
is consequently a vast and continuous effort going on
to capture our minds in the interest of some policy or
commodity or idea.
