Propaganda is the Executive Arm of the Invisible Government

[Arm Chair Quarterback]

In this substack article, the author points out how propaganda destroys freedom and free people. The manipulative effects of deception are covered.

Personally I believe one of the most important purposes of mortality is to develop a keen awareness of the ways falsehoods can be dressed up to appear like truth---essentially learning to recognize deception. A list of important quotes about propaganda that appear in the article include;

Here's a link to the full article: https://nakedemperor.substack.com/p/pro ... dium=email

"Propaganda is the executive arm of the invisible government." - Edward Bernays, "Propaganda"

"All warfare is based on deception." - Sun Tzu, "The Art of War

"Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state." - Noam Chomsky, "Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda"

"The first casualty when war comes is truth." - Hiram Johnson, U.S. Senator

"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell

"The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human." - Aldous Huxley, "The Olive Tree"

"Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves." - Eric Hoffer

"The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history." - George Orwell

"To abandon facts is to abandon freedom. If nothing is true, then no one can criticize power because there is no basis upon which to do so." - Timothy Snyder, "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century"

"The essence of propaganda consists in winning people over to an idea so sincerely, so vitally, that in the end they succumb to it utterly and can never escape from it." - Joseph Goebbels, Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany

[sushi_chef]

"War is not something that can be thought of and suddenly started. Using a cooking analogy, it's not a good idea to improvise a sandwich because you're hungry.

War is like a multi-course meal when entertaining great people. Preparing it requires a lot of detailed work, and requires a huge amount of planning, including purchasing, preparing, and in what order to serve the food.
(Edward Luttwak)
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https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edward_Luttwak
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Luttwak

Edward Nicolae Luttwak
"Edward Nicolae Luttwak is an American author known for his works on grand strategy, military strategy, geoeconomics, military history, and international relations. "
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[InfoWarrior82]

You could say that we are in an information war.

Battling for the hearts and minds of the people.

The pen is mightier then the sword.

If the truth goes mainstream, Satan's plan fails.