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The battle for your mind

Posted by Matthew Brett on January 12th 2009 at 9:07pm

What did the Nazis and 20th century American captains of industry have in common?

They employed the same public relations experts.

Note that I didn’t say they employed the same public relations techniques…they employed and learned from the same exact people.

Here’s the story of Edward Bernays who participated in bloody coups in Central America for the United Fruit, marketed all kinds of disastrous habits like smoking and was Joseph Goebbels’ favorite public relations theorist.

Details:

http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/44.html

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Matthew Brett

Matthew Brett is the Canadian Dimension weblog manager. The views expressed on this blog do not necessarily represent his own. Read more by Matthew Brett.

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