RE: The pleasure machine
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(FROM 1950) The central villian was the public-relations (propaganda) man.
They try to achieve their ends by working entirely behind-the-scenes.
Corrupting and deceiving the public.
The aims of such groups may be "good" or "bad".
But their methods are a GRAVE DANGER TO DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS.
They also illustrated how the "responsible citizen" could "monitor-the-press" themselves.
They could create a chart that analysed reporting for "signs-of-hidden-bias".
But such earnest instruction (homework) was to be no match for the masters of marketing-spin-public-relations-advertizing-propaganda-image-consulting.
They would create (and sell) a vision of a new UTOPIA called, "FREE-MARKET-CAPITALISM".
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