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.

“We are governed, our minds molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of.  This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized.”  These are words spoken by the creator of the propaganda machine.  You’re not learning how to think.  You’re learning what to think.  The destructive ideas harness public control.  They might even think they’re acting voluntarily.

There’s not just inflation of currencies, but inflation of personalities.  The front man of the propaganda machine will have his personality inflated.  This will allow him to capture the minds of the public.  All sorts of propaganda can be spread with ease.  Ideas and phrases are spread with greater effectiveness.  Today, propaganda can be spread instantaneously.  Then, it gets spread by people who don’t even know that they’re doing it.

Propaganda is sifted and workshopped to find the most effective way to spread nonsense.  The machine to control opinion is well oiled.  Lies are spread instantaneously.  People labeled as experts will spearhead the effort.  Propaganda is not the propagation of ideas.  It’s the spreading of lies, half-truths, and alternative history.  It’s not just false information.  It’s designed to deceive you into acting the way the propagandist wants.

Reference

Edward Bernays; Propaganda