"Ever since I have been scrutinizing political events, I have taken a tremendous interest in propagandist activity. I saw that the Socialist - Marxist organizations mastered and applied this instrument with astounding skill. And I soon realized that the correct use of propaganda is a true art which has remained practically unknown to the bourgeois parties."
The quote above is not from George Orwell. It is from a book written by a man who has had tremendous, negative, influence on the world. A man named Adolf Hitler.
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At the beginning of his political career, Hitler witnessed the power of propaganda on the citizens of Russia.
As he rose on the political ladder, Hitler schemed possible ways of controlling the citizens of Germany and swaying them towards the idea of Nazi Germany.
During WWII, Hitler admitted that he learned much from the enemy (the allies) about the use of propaganda.
but as Hitler and his propagandist Joseph Goebbels collaborated to convince the masses of his ethics, Hitler used propaganda is such a way that would be deemed despicable by the allies. Hitler would use lies and deceit to convince everyone that what he was doing was right and he was very aggressive and thorough at justifying his means;
"The purpose of propaganda is not to provide interesting distraction for blase young gentlemen, but to convince, and what I mean is to convince the masses. But the masses are slow-moving, and they always require a certain time before they are ready even to notice a thing, and only after the simplest ideas are repeated thousands of times will the masses finally remember them."
This quote is another excerpt from Hitler's autobiography Mein Kampf (My War). This quote summarizes the heavy use of propaganda to influence the masses. By constantly giving a message, over and over and over, eventually the masses will believe it is true. This is a re-occurring theme in 1984. If a lie is repeated, it eventually becomes truth. This was the case in Hitler's Germany. But most importantly, this is a case in the totalitarian society of Oceana in 1984.
The quote above is not from George Orwell. It is from a book written by a man who has had tremendous, negative, influence on the world. A man named Adolf Hitler.
|At the beginning of his political career, Hitler witnessed the power of propaganda on the citizens of Russia.
As he rose on the political ladder, Hitler schemed possible ways of controlling the citizens of Germany and swaying them towards the idea of Nazi Germany.
During WWII, Hitler admitted that he learned much from the enemy (the allies) about the use of propaganda.
but as Hitler and his propagandist Joseph Goebbels collaborated to convince the masses of his ethics, Hitler used propaganda is such a way that would be deemed despicable by the allies. Hitler would use lies and deceit to convince everyone that what he was doing was right and he was very aggressive and thorough at justifying his means;
"The purpose of propaganda is not to provide interesting distraction for blase young gentlemen, but to convince, and what I mean is to convince the masses. But the masses are slow-moving, and they always require a certain time before they are ready even to notice a thing, and only after the simplest ideas are repeated thousands of times will the masses finally remember them."
This quote is another excerpt from Hitler's autobiography Mein Kampf (My War). This quote summarizes the heavy use of propaganda to influence the masses. By constantly giving a message, over and over and over, eventually the masses will believe it is true. This is a re-occurring theme in 1984. If a lie is repeated, it eventually becomes truth. This was the case in Hitler's Germany. But most importantly, this is a case in the totalitarian society of Oceana in 1984.
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