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Lynn's avatar

Somebody came out of nowhere. Who pushed him to rise to the top? You tell me that he knew more than other politicians serving. When I heard his name, the first thing that came to mind is sounds like a terrorist to me. Fast forward: He was (can you believe) President for 8 years. Now, is running our Country behind the scenes. A different time and a different place. But, sounds just like another

Hitler. It's either we stop him or United States is gone. I still say Obama never won his second term. Mitt Romney won and was threatened and kept his mouth shut like a good little boy.

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These five rules of propaganda have been known for a long time, and they are certainly not original with myself. They can be found on the internet through searches, but I don't think that the powerful really like them being known. Please send them around so that more people will be aware of them. Ideally get them posted in school classrooms. Thank You.

The Five Rules of Propaganda

1. The rule of simplification - reducing all data to a simple confrontation between 'Good and Bad', 'Friend and Foe'.

2. The rule of disfiguration - discrediting the opposition by crude smears and parodies.

3. The rule of transfusion - manipulating the consensus values of the target audience for one's own ends.

4. The rule of unanimity - presenting one's viewpoint as if it were unanimous opinion of all right-thinking people: draining the doubting individual into agreement by the appeal of star-performers, by social pressure , and by 'psychological contagion'.

5. The rule of orchestration - endlessly repeating the same messages in different variations and combinations.

https://drp314.substack.com/p/propaganda-thoughts

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