Propoganda works better than you think

[Rick336]

From USA Today:

"....there is a small warehouse full of research showing it is an error to believe we live according to reason. Rather we make decisions with our unconscious."

Read article here: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/2010-01-22-psychology-political-propoganda_N.htm


Rick

[Daniel]

From USA Today:

"....there is a small warehouse full of research showing it is an error to believe we live according to reason. Rather we make decisions with our unconscious."

Read article here: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/2010-01-22-psychology-political-propoganda_N.htm


Rick

Fascinating article! Thanks for posting it.

This section is prescient...

"conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country."

This is what the Sarah Palin's of the world know intuitively and what Bush/Cheney did as well: if you say something long enough, it becomes the Truth.

[Pablo Rafael]

Very interesting, Rick, and also disturbing.

I think we need to exercise our reason and make a deliberate effort to sort through and analyze the facts. Unfortunately it appears to me that our society values reason less and less every year. We are being pulled under by the propaganda culture in our society and don't really seem to care. It's easy to drift along; it takes effort to reason.

I was in a conversation with an elderly couple about health care. The husband and wife went on and on describing all the troubles they had had with health insurances over the years. It was a nightmare scenario they painted. Then they launched into how horrible was the "Obama Health Plan" because it would get rid of all private insurance. :confused: They got all their info from right-wing propaganda radio and magazines. They knew intellectually that what they heard there wasn't true, but believed it anyway.

It seems no amount of logic can sway us...sigh!

[Gennee]

Very good article, Rick. Sad fact is that many people let others speak and think for them rather doing it themselves. An example: Obama is labeled as anti-American and yet George Bush put people in jail for no apparent reason but being suspected of being a terrorist. Most of the people spent three, four and five years in jail without any counsel or unable to see their families. Most were released because they were innocent to begin.

Recently I listened to an internet program where a reporter interview people who supported Sarah Palin. When further questioned about Palin's positions on specific issues and how she would handle them, these folks had no clue on either.

I believe LGBT people catch a lot of flak because we go against the lies, falsehoods, and innuendoes society, the institutional church, and legal and medical profeesions have foisted upon the populace. It's not a new practice. Been done for centuries.

Gennee

[offog]

Excellent article. Really scary too. It makes that Supreme Court decision all the more ominous.

I guess it's part of that whole "might makes right" mentality that so many conservatives have. That, in turn, is part of the social-Darwinist philosophy. If you're rich and powerful, it's because you're a superior being who earned it, and that means you're entitled to use that wealth and power as you see fit.