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The whole industry of advertising as we understand it today was created by those who had done propaganda during the first and second world war, and realised they could apply their skills in the field of business.

To learn the history of propaganda, advertising and how it is embedded deeply in our current political machine, watch The Century of the Self, a 2002 documentary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnPmg0R1M04

parent fredley 6 years ago

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