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 constitute 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 smoothly functioning society. p. 37
In almost every act of our lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons [...] who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires that control the public mind, who harness old social forces and contrive new ways to bind and guide the world. p. 37–38
In theory, everybody buys the best and cheapest commodities offered to 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, economic life would become hopelessly jammed. p. 39
Propaganda is the executive arm of the invisible government. p. 48
A single factory, potentially capable of supplying a whole continent with its particular product, cannot afford to wait until the public asks for its product; it must maintain constant touch, through advertising and propaganda, with the vast public in order to assure itself the continuous demand which alone will make its costly plant profitable. Page 63 (1928 edition?)
If we understand the mechanism and motives of the group mind, it is now possible to control and regiment the masses according to our will without them knowing it.
Ron Paul's message is running counter to the propaganda our society has been fed for 100 years through public schooling and corporate media. That is why they fear Ron Paul. Ron Paul and the internet made it possible for our poorly public school indoctrinated society to begin waking up to the reality of the government we are living under. The establishment is realizing this, that is why these laws like the NDAA has been passed, and that is why our President is becoming more and more flagrant in his violations of the Constitution. These thing are being done without mass public protest. Our nation is ripe for the picking for totalitarian governance. We may have lose our freedoms and this nation is short order.
In theory, everybody buys the best and cheapest commodities offered to 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, economic life would become hopelessly jammed.
what folks fail to realize is that trade will always happen, even without the 'machine'
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
what folks fail to realize is that trade will always happen, even without the 'machine'
It will always happen, but if there wasn't mass media propaganda persuading consumers that their product is better than the other choices of the same product, there would be a lot less redundant choices. Soap is soap
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