Edward Bernays, nephew of Austrian Jew Sigmund Freud, who died in Cambridge in 1995, is called one of the fathers of PR and a practicing propagandist. He was a man of mean intellect and talent.

Here are some clippings – quotes from his public speeches on propaganda. Plus some small “reflections on the margins.” 

1. “The best defense against propaganda is more propaganda.”

️️It is basically unrealistic to fight enemy propaganda with arguments of logic.

2. “What we think of as reason is simply a cocktail of inherited prejudices, symbols, clichés and formulations that our leaders have indoctrinated us with.”

️ ️ It actually shows a person’s indoctrination affiliation.

3. “Purposeful and reasonable manipulation of public opinion is the basis of a democratic system.”

️ ️ “Democracy” of those who have the resources to carry out their manipulation policy.

4. “We consider as propaganda the preaching of views we do not like. The preaching of views we like, we call education.”

️ ️ As the Covid Scamdemic showed, most of the “educated” fell for the manipulation. Schools are indoctrination institutions. The higher the schooling level the more indoctrinated.

5. “Propaganda will live forever.”

️ ️ Not really. You can fool me once, you can fool me twice but you can’t fool all the people all the time. No, you can’t.