"Intet forkommer mere overraskende for dem som betragter menneskelige anliggender med et filosofisk øje, end den lethed med hvilken de mange er styret af de få; og den ubetingede underkastelse, med hvilken mænd og kvinder giver afkald på deres egne følelser og lidenskaber til fordel for de af deres herskere."
~ David Hume, Of the First Principles of Government, 1768
Leni Riefenstahl & Friend — She was his 2nd favourite propagandist!... and the original 'feminazi', perhaps?
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Controlling the Proles
The following yarn may be apocryphal, but either way the 'moral of the fable' should serve our narrative well. The story goes like this: sometime during the height of the Cold War a group of American journalists were hosting a visit to the U.S. of some of their Soviet counterparts. After allowing their visitors to soak up the media zeitgeist stateside, most of the Americans expected their guests to express unbridled envy at the professional liberties they enjoyed in the Land of the Free Press.
One of the Russian scribes was indeed compelled to express his unabashed 'admiration' to his hosts...in particular, for the "far superior quality" of American "propaganda". Now it's fair to say his hosts were taken aback by what was at best a backhanded compliment. After some collegial 'piss-taking' about the stereotypes associated with Western "press freedom" versus those of the controlled media in the Soviet system, one of the Americans called on their Russian colleague to explain what he meant. In fractured English, he replied with the following:
"It's very simple: in Soviet Union, we don't believe our propaganda. In America, you actually believe yours!"
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