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"Propaganda is needed in the exercise of power for the simple reason that the masses have come to participate in political affairs ... It must be total, continuous, and orchestrated."
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Jacques Ellul — Propaganda
Ellul, Propaganda (1962)
Author
Jacques Ellul
Date
1962
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A sociologist's deep analysis arguing propaganda is structural to modern technological society, not just a tool of dictators. Dense but seminal.

Citation · Chicago

Jacques Ellul, Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes, trans. K. Kellen and J. Lerner (New York: Knopf, 1965).

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Historical AnalysisFalse Flags: Documented Cases vs. SpeculationSpeculative HypothesisDialectic & 'Problem–Reaction–Solution'Speculative HypothesisControlled Opposition: A Concept Held Carefully
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