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Reply #6: Propaganda is to a Democracy as Brute Force is to a Dictatorship (Chomsky)
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Wed Dec-29-04 10:03 PM
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6. Propaganda is to a Democracy as Brute Force is to a Dictatorship (Chomsky) |
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Noam Chomsky explained it that way. In a Democratic society, the ruling powers cannot just smack people over the head with a club (he made the comment before Ashcroft's DOJ and Gonzales' Torture Memo) so they control people with propaganda.
They control the masses by controlling the flow of information and by manipulation of public opinion. With 'The Big Lie' functioning effectively, you don't (usually) need to resort to 'The Big Stick'.
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