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Podcast Episode 215: The History of Rocket Science & "Zero Gravity" Part 11
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AA Morris Presents The Proper Gander At Propaganda Presents Podcast Episode 215: The History of Rocket Science & "Zero Gravity" Part 11 “The great political problem in our modern democracy is how to induce our leaders to lead. The dogma that the voice of the people is the voice of God tends to make elected persons the will-less servants of their constituents. This is undoubtedly part cause of the political sterility of which certain American critics constantly complain. No serious sociologist any longer believes that the voice of the people expresses any divine or specially wise and lofty idea. The voice of the people expresses the mind of the people, and that mind is made up for it by the group leaders in whom it believes and by those persons who understand the manipulation of public opinion. It is composed of inherited prejudices and symbols and cliches and verbal formulas supplied to them by the leaders. Fortunately, the sincere and gifted politician is able, by the instrument of propaganda, to mold and form the will of the people. Disraeli cynically expressed the dilemma, when he said: "I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?" He might have added: "I must lead the people. Am I not their servant?" Edward Bernays, Propaganda, History Is A Weapon, 1928 Please visit www.aamorris.net or www.aamorris.com, for more.
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