I often ask myself why are conservatives so effective at propaganda and the manipulation of public opinion? Over the Christmas holidays, I had an insight I wanted to share.
One of the nice things about visiting with my parents is my father's library -- and by "library" I mean the many bookshelves scattered throughout the townhouse where I grew up in Reston, VA. Dad is a history buff and you literally can close your eyes and pick a book off a shelf and chances are you will sit for an hour reading.
So over Christmas I was visiting and grabbed a copy of Joseph Goebbles diaries, which were found by Russians in Berlin. It is an older version published perhaps in late 1940s by Lochner I think. Anyway, in the introduction to the diaries there is an astute analysis of Goebbels ideas about propaganda which I summarize below. In any case, reading at the time I was struck by how eerily familiar it all sounded.
Conservative/GOP Propaganda explained below.
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