[Cannoneer No. 4]

No wonder the will is weak if the only role models are a Nazi and a yellow journalist. That all goes back to the mindset that propaganda is bad, and only bad guys use it, which hamstrings strategic communication.

[GSlob]

Propaganda per se is neither good nor bad - no more than breathing or crapping. And to an extent it is a science [applied mass psychology] or a skill, the successful practitioners become not the role models but instructors.

[Tainan]

One major factor against motivational efforts is the rampant PC and anti-Patriotism that is so prevalent in the US, and most Western societies.

Every attempt at Patriotism is met with labels of "Nationalism" and equations of this to 'National Socialism - read Nazism.'

This is sad excuse of 'moral relevancy' is engrained in the media reports and at every level of discussion. The academics have worked overtime to instill this deviation from reality.