Propaganda & Engineering Consent for Empire



Video - Empire Files

The manipulation of public opinion through suggestion can be traced back to the father of modern propaganda, Edward Bernays , who discovered that preying on the subconscious mind was the best way to sell products people don't need, and wars people don't want.

Abby Martin interviews Dr. Mark Crispin Miller, professor of Media Studies at New York University.

Posted June 11, 2016

See also - The Century of the Self: How politicians and business learned to create and manipulate mass-consumer society.