Berlin WallThe Berlin Wall. War brought liberty to some, death and oppression to others.
Lustig Co., ad, Germany.
How to tell what Heads of State are cooking up? How do they succeed. Look into the techniques of marketing. Propaganda, all sides. Means of persuasion. Then you can see it coming and decide if you want it after all.
There are several sites on the US Institute for Propaganda Analysis from 1937, when our government was teaching us how to spot and resist German propaganda efforts. See, for example, //mason.gmu.edu/~amcdonal/Propaganda%20Techniques. Find many sites with a search for Institute for Propaganda Analysis.
Read the list, and consider which have become routine in persuasions since then, against anyone, for any cause. Because they do work.
Shall we add to the program of No Child Left Behind a course in propaganda spotting, so we and our children can identify persuasion techniques. A propaganda spotting poster in every classroom, on every refrig. About food choices, war "facts," enticement lines by molesters even. Also the techniques of radio and tv talk show host people. They practice.
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