According to the Father of Propaganda
an Invisible
Government Controls Our Minds with a Thought Prison
By Sigmund Fraud
“Who are the men
who without our realizing it, give us our ideas, tell us whom to admire and
whom to despise, what to believe about the ownership of public utilities, about
the tariff, about the price of rubber, about the Dawes Plan, about immigration;
who tell us how our houses should be designed, what furniture we should put in
them, what menus we should serve on our table, what kind of shirts we must
wear, what sports we should indulge in, what plays we should see, what
charities we should support, what pictures we should admire, what slang we
should affect, what jokes we should laugh at?” ~ Edward Bernays, Propaganda
Authored by Edward Bernays and published in 1928, the book
Propaganda still holds its position as the gold standard for influencing and
manipulating public behavior. Drawing on his expertise in psychology while
using the language of manipulation, Bernays pioneered social engineering via
mass media, and his work lives on in the distorted, statist, consumer world we
have today.
But who are the ones behind the curtain telling us what to
think by directing our attention onto the things which serve interests?
Interestingly, chapter III of Propaganda is titled, ‘The New
Propagandists, and is devoted to explaining why the controls for mass manipulation
are so closely guarded by a relatively tiny elite who sit in the shadows, out
of the public eye, choosing what we are to see and to think, even controlling
the politicians we elect to represent us.
If we set out to
make a list of the men and women who, because of their position in public life,
might fairly be called the molders of public opinion we could quickly arrive at
an extended list of persons mentioned in “Who’s Who…”
Such a list would
comprise several thousand persons. But it is well known that many of these
leaders are themselves led, sometimes by persons whose names are known to few.
Such persons
typify in the public mind the type of ruler associated with the phrase
invisible government.
An invisible government of corporate titans and behind the
scenes influencers who’s mark on culture cannot be understated today. Bernays
continues:
The invisible
government tends to be concentrated in the hands of the few because of the
expense of manipulating the social machinery which controls the opinions and
habits of the masses.
The public
relations counsel, then, is the agent who, working with modern media
communication and the group formation of society, brings an idea to the
consciousness of the public. But he is a great deal more than that. He is
concerned with courses of action, doctrines, systems and opinions, and the
securing of public support for them.
Ultimately, the goal of this type of mass-produced,
pop-culture propaganda is to weaken the individual’s ability to think
critically, thereby creating an environment where many people look to one
another for approval, always second-guessing their own faculties. When this
happens, the strength of the collective group begins to take form and multiply,
and ideas can be implanted into the popular culture, taking root in the form of
widespread conformist behavior.
“Thinking critically
means making reasoned judgments that are logical and well thought out. It is a
way of thinking in which one doesn’t simply accept all arguments and
conclusions to which one is exposed without questioning the arguments and
conclusions. It requires curiosity, skepticism and humility. People who use
critical thinking are the ones who say things such as, “How do you know that?”
“Is this conclusion based on evidence or gut feelings?” and “Are there
alternative possibilities when given new pieces of information?”
Final Thoughts
The takeaway here is that not much has changed in 100 years
of corporate/statist American culture, other than the technical capacity to
scale this ever upward. Our lives are still heavily influenced by the likes of
the described by Bernays. There is one advantage we do have now, however, as
technology has given us greater access to the truth and we are now free to
split from the matrix psychologically by understanding what it is and how it
influences our lives. If we choose to do so, that is, if we choose to take the
red pill.
In order to understand your life and your mission here on
earth in the short time you have, it is imperative to learn to see the thought
prison that has been built around you, and to actively circumnavigate it.
Free-thinking is being stamped out by the propagandists, but our human tendency
is to crave freedom, and with the aid of truth, we are more powerful than the
control matrix and the invisible government.
About the Author
Sigmund Fraud is a survivor of modern psychiatry and a
dedicated mental activist. He is a staff writer for WakingTimes.com where he
indulges in the possibility of a massive shift towards a more psychologically
aware future for humankind.
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