The Propagation of Ideas | The Manufacture of Consent

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Propaganda wasn’t always a pejorative term. It was originally used to refer to the spreading of ideas. Now, it’s used to label lies, half-truths, selective history, or anything else associated with this. Ideas are not left for individuals to think about. They have been outsourced to the so-called experts. They are not experts. They are common swindlers and tricksters with different titles. Their job is to spread ideas, better referred to as propaganda.

The word is a bad word now because these ideas are not about education and information. They are about deceiving you. It’s the manipulation of the masses. Walter Lippmann was correct in referring to it as “the manufacture of consent.” The propaganda machine exists to manipulate the masses into doing what the overlords want. Many are spreading propaganda without realizing it. They don’t know that they don’t know.

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