Propaganda is to a democracy what violence

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“You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war.” -- publisher William Randolph Hearst's attributed instructions to artist Frederic Remington in Havana, Cuba.

“One of the intentions of corporate-controlled media is to instill in people a sense of disempowerment, of immobilization and paralysis. Its outcome is to turn you into good consumers. It is to keep people isolated, to feel that there is no possibility for social change.” -- David Barsamian, journalist and publisher

Ro a dictatorship.” -- William Blum, Rogue State

“ I have the greatest admiration for your propaganda. Propaganda in the West is carried out by experts who have had the best training in the world -- in the field of advertizing -- and have mastered the phone number list techniques with exceptional proficiency ... Yours are subtle and persuasive; ours are crude and obvious ... I think that the fundamental difference between our worlds, with respect to propaganda, is quite simple. You tend to believe yours ... and we tend to disbelieve ours. “ -- a Soviet correspondent based five years in the U.S.

“The propaganda system allows the U.S. Ieadership to commit crimes without limit and with no suggestion of misbehavior or criminality; in fact, major war criminals like Henry Kissinger appear regularly on TV to comment on the crimes of the derivative butchers. “ -- Edward Herman, Z magazine Dec 1999 p38


“The dream of capitalism is to co-opt people with higher living standards without redistributing any wealth. Without co-optation, widespread repression is the only guarantor of gross inequality.” -- Holly Sklar, from her book Trilateralism.