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Old 06-18-2004, 02:20 PM
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The idea of war with out end as a means of keeping a population docile and fearful so it would follow its government like sheep was first publically dessiminated in Orwell's "1984". It's philosophical basis comes from the writings of Adolf Hitler. It was the mainstay of Hitler's Nazi social theory. Nazi society was organized around the idea of "kampf" or "struggle". War was endless, and all in society must participate. Wars existed within the society, and outside of it were external enemies as well. Leaders must have total power to wage war internally in society until all internal enemies (Jews, Communists, Gays, non-German racial groups) were eliminated, and all external enemies were defeated, even if it took 1,000 years. Everyone in society was assigned a particular "struggle" as part of the definition of their lives, a life consuming task that helped the overall struggle of the Gernan people against its enemies as directed by its Fueher which is the German word for "guide". The Fueher's struggle against Jewry and Communism was described in Hitler's book, "Mein Kampf" which translate to "My Struggle"-in fact he is defining his own societal "kamf" role. Hitler's evil propaganda genius, Goebbels, realized what Hitler had developed was also one of the most powerful propaganda tools ever devised. A person given a life task defined as part of a struggle to protect his family and country will become fanatical in its pursuit. A poplulation that can be convinced it is in a constant life or death struggle against internal and external enemies can be manipulated to act in ways desired by the government, whether the struggle is true or not. The trick for the propagandist was to make it look true when it wasn't. Goebbels was a pioneer in the techniques for achieving this, and his techniques are so affective they are studied in colleges and universities to this day. His method of twisting any truth or half-truth into something that looked like only one conclusion could be drawn from it is now called "spin". He also created fake news events to make his enemy appear to be agressive when it wasn't, and made claims of that threats existed from weak powerless countries like Poland, and used those trumped up threats as pretext for invasion. In fact, for most of WWII, the German people actually believed the Poles had attacked them.

Goebbels initial huge propaganda windfall came a 9/11-like event in 1933, the Reichstag fire. The event gave the Nazis the tool it needed to propel the German people to adopt the Nazi social theories and to give them complewte power to wage the national struggle::
http://worldatwar.net/event/reichstagsbrand/

Many people think Orwell's book predicted a coming communist state. In actuality it was Orwell's prediction of the ultimate fascist state, and was his interpretation of what a future society, built on the ideas of Hitler, would look like. People in this country need to ask themselves some pretty serious questions. A multi-national corporation, though the soft, fuzzy version, is a fascist entity. After the last election, they are the people in charge of this country. We are getting the Madison Avenue version of Goebel's techiques, brought to you by your local Republican party.
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