How to Control What People Think

October 27, 2015

In the video below, Obtain Eudaimonia animates a book review for Edward Bernays’ book Propaganda and how the government latched onto the idea of using propaganda during peace time to manipulate thee population.

4 Comments on "How to Control What People Think"

CMRedwood | October 27, 2015 at 5:18 pm | Log in to Reply

Bad example at the one minute mark: A “good example of propaganda” is a “campaign to improve pubic health through vaccination.” Oops.

How about making a decision based on reasoning and open source information? That’s the ideal of a market of ideas where unfettered access creates a constant annealing, feedback-correcting process to find the most accurate and reliable “answer”.
- dsaulw | October 29, 2015 at 10:03 am | Log in to Reply
  
  Yes, complete BS. If it is such a great idea, it can stand up to scrutiny based on real history, real facts, etc. It needs propaganda to prop it up because it lacks a solid foundation.
  - CMRedwood | October 29, 2015 at 11:51 am | Log in to Reply
    
    Well said.
- Obtain Eudaimonia | October 29, 2015 at 11:39 am | Log in to Reply
  
  Hi, just for the record the vaccination example is one that Bernays gives in the book, rather than one I created myself. I tried to review the book with a neutral tone throughout.