• IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    They were famous for manipulating public opinion and preying on people’s base instincts to get the population to do what they wanted and follow along with their song and dance …

    “Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play”

    • Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Party Reich Minister of Propaganda

    … it’s a good thing governments don’t say or do things like this anymore *(/s, /saracasm, this line is sarcasm, I am emphasizing that this last line is SARCASM!!) *

    • PugJesus@piefed.socialOPM
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      …. it’s a good thing governments don’t say or do things like this anymore (/s, /saracasm, this line is sarcasm, I am emphasizing that this last line is SARCASM!!)

      Y-yeah, g-good thing we live in more enlightened times now