Why People Vote Against Their Own Best Interests [View all]
I tell people that the #1 thing I got out of college was not to believe everything I see on TV, listen on the radio, or read in print, I now can add, or see on the internet. What I am getting at is logic and critical thinking.
People can be made to believe anything, most people here believe that a fence is a wall. Some very intelligent people go to great lengths to devise propaganda that people will swallow.
Look at the example of what Orson Welles did back in 1938, around Halloween. He did his episode of War of the Worlds on the radio where he described the United States being invaded by Martians, with death rays and the works. Welles even tried to put out disclaimers but once the panic started it was fueled by the media who actually helped inflame the hysteria.
People can be made to believe anything. Today's world of propaganda has gotten so much more sophisticated than back in 1938,
Click on the summary of War of the Worlds that I have provided from Wiki; it is a very interesting short read,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(1938_radio_drama)#Production
Bah humbug I posted the wrong link.
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