Posted on 09/23/2014 7:38:00 AM PDT by Biggirl
Hollywood has been called the greatest propaganda machine in human history, because the power of film is so compelling and persuasive. Los Angeles Times critic Kenneth Turan once wrote that “movies are hard-wired into our psyche, shaping how we view the world… It’s when politics infiltrates entertainment that it is most subversive – and most effective.” That’s why Communist Russia’s Lenin said, “For us, the cinema is the most important of all the arts.” Hitler too certainly understood its usefulness in conveying Nazi propaganda. Now the savage fanatics of ISIS show that they recognize the power of film too.
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They have a lot more material to work with now. 840 Iraq soldiers killed in two days. This is a blitzkrieg.
Social media has created multiple versions of the Hitler Youth for various nefarious causes. They use all of the same tricks.
- Playing on youth angst.
- Helping kids blame their personal “issues” on
oppression from nameless and faceless villains.
- Giving them a place to belong.
- Cementing loyalty to other causes as thanks for “understanding” their plight and boosting their ego.
- Turing them loose onto the world to do the dirty work of the puppet masters.
Works EVERY time.
Lenin, Hitler, Mao, ISIS, Obama.
Insightful post. Nicely done.
....And the puppet masters god, the devil.
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