"The receptivity of the masses is very limited, their intelligence is small, but their power of forgetting is enormous." Both the title of this blog post and the first sentence are quotes attributed to Adolf Hitler. The political propaganda we are seeing and hearing today can be traced back to the same techniques used in 1930s and 1940s Germany. Techniques like" If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it." This quote is from Joseph Goebbels. Just look at the disinformation being disseminated as facts today. People who refuse to accept the scientific reality of evolution open creation museums to refute it. Haters of president Obama challenge his legitimacy by questioning his birth certificate. Those who distrust science in general say global warming is a hoax perpetuated by Al Gore.
The second half of the first quote is" In consequence of these facts, all effective propaganda must be limited to a very few points and must harp on these slogans until the last member of the public understands what you want him to understand, your slogan"{. Both sides use propaganda but one side is exceptionally good at it.
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