“No one understood better than Stalin that the true object of propaganda is neither to convince nor even to persuade, but to produce a uniform pattern of public utterance in which the first trace of unorthodox thought immediately reveals itself as a jarring dissonance.”~Alan Bullock British historian Alan Bullock was born on this day in … Continue reading Random Quote for December 13, 2025
“This is the secret of propaganda: To totally saturate the person, whom the propaganda wants to lay hold of, with the ideas of the propaganda, without him even noticing that he is being saturated.”~Paul Watzlawick Austrian-American family therapist, psychologist, communication theorist, and philosopher Paul Watzlawick was born on this day in 1921.
“It's so easy for propaganda to work, and dissent to be mocked.”~Harold Pinter British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor Harold Pinter was born on this day in 1930.
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