‘All effective propaganda,’ Hitler wrote, ‘must be confined to a few bare necessities and then must be expressed in a few stereotyped formulas.’ These stereotyped formulas must be constantly repeated for ‘only constant repetition will finally succeed in imprinting an idea upon the memory of a crowd.’
From “Brave New World Revisited”
Aldous Huxley, 1958
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October 25, 2011
3. Newblog2011: 10/25/11 Propaganda
I started reading an anthology of essays the other day, which contained an excerpt from Mr. Huxley’s book.
I read the quote from Hitler and instantly thought of how the same things keep getting said and done over and over again as part of the campaign against human rights.
Here’s another quote from the same excerpt:
‘Many a man,’’ said Speer, ‘has been haunted by the nightmare that one day nations might be dominated by technical means. That nightmare was almost realized in Hitler’s totalitarian system.’
Copyright, with noted exceptions, L. Kochman, October 25, 2011 @ 2:44 p.m. I’m going to say “no code” here, this time. Hitler was a bad person, and Aldous Huxley knew that. Being confused, dominated or even greedy for a while isn’t the same thing as being Hitler, especially when you’re not the leader of a country.
From “Brave New World Revisited”
Aldous Huxley, 1958
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October 25, 2011
3. Newblog2011: 10/25/11 Propaganda
I started reading an anthology of essays the other day, which contained an excerpt from Mr. Huxley’s book.
I read the quote from Hitler and instantly thought of how the same things keep getting said and done over and over again as part of the campaign against human rights.
Here’s another quote from the same excerpt:
‘Many a man,’’ said Speer, ‘has been haunted by the nightmare that one day nations might be dominated by technical means. That nightmare was almost realized in Hitler’s totalitarian system.’
Copyright, with noted exceptions, L. Kochman, October 25, 2011 @ 2:44 p.m. I’m going to say “no code” here, this time. Hitler was a bad person, and Aldous Huxley knew that. Being confused, dominated or even greedy for a while isn’t the same thing as being Hitler, especially when you’re not the leader of a country.