tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29767791.post7721995445204207064..comments2023-07-09T08:47:39.465-04:00Comments on Man From Atlan: This stupid, stupid warMan From Atlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08564058987138711708noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29767791.post-8679481937454548912009-11-03T08:22:19.340-05:002009-11-03T08:22:19.340-05:00So opens Propaganda (1928), one of several strikin...<i><b>So opens Propaganda (1928), one of several strikingly frank analyses of western social psychology written by Edward Bernays. This nephew of Sigmund Freud founded the public relations industry in the United States."</b></i><br /><br />Yes, the power of propaganda is great. Xanadu (Lasha Darkmoon) mentions Edward de Bernays in Part 2 of her article, <i>The Plot Against Art.</i> <br /><br /><b>How Anyone Can Be Famous<br /><br />Andy Warhol once said that everyone in the future will be “world-famous for fifteen minutes.” What he failed to point out was that almost anyone, including the village idiot, can be made into a celebrity with the help of public relations. All it takes is constant attention in the mass media. Charles Saatchi, advertising mogul and art collector extraordinaire, spells it out: “An unknown artist’s big glass vitrine holding a rotten cow’s head covered by maggots and swarms of buzzing flies may be pretty unsalable. <i>Until the artist becomes a star. Then he can sell anything he touches”.</i> (My emphasis).<br /><br />How does one become a star? Who gives the Emperor his new clothes and helps to suggest he is remarkably well dressed?<br /><br />An unmade bed is transformed into a consummate work of art once it is bought by Charles Saatchi and placed in a prestigious art gallery. The artist acquires a mystique created out of the power of suggestion. You <i>must</i> be a genius if everyone is raving about you and your unmade bed. Mass hypnosis does the trick. Advertising and persistent persuasion work wonders. See HERE [1] and HERE [2] and HERE [3]."</b><br /><br />1. Edward de Bernays, "Propaganda."<br />2. Vance Packard, "The Hidden Persuaders."<br />3. Charles Mackay, "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds."<br /><br />Quote from Lasha Darkmoon, <i>The Plot Against Art.</i> (Part 2)Lalaranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29767791.post-55327676610809884122009-11-03T06:37:34.210-05:002009-11-03T06:37:34.210-05:00...pardon the 'peace' pun;)...pardon the 'peace' pun;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29767791.post-76844853280767617802009-11-03T06:36:37.748-05:002009-11-03T06:36:37.748-05:00Hi Naseer,
Nice article. I've been with you f...Hi Naseer,<br />Nice article. I've been with you for 10 years now and haven't found a peace such that comes with your teachings, your guidance, your presence and your love and devotion. Every time I'm a total and complete jerk you just have to say one word OR I just have to think of you and immidiately the turn-around starts. (Mind you that doesn't mean life's a peace of cake (and infact the level of responsibility is so much higher)yet the amount of growth and permanent healing that has taken place within me is unquantifiable -so thanks again).<br />Love,<br />ChaieomieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29767791.post-39569591558181738892009-11-01T17:12:24.408-05:002009-11-01T17:12:24.408-05:00Chicago School of Economics, Annie Besant, and Ayn...Chicago School of Economics, Annie Besant, and Ayn Rand, are also boogiemen for the cognoscenti :)but the person who probably caused the greatest harm probably was Edward Bernays http://uk.altermedia.info/occultpsy-war/karl-rove-freuds-nephew_56.html <br />“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country… We are governed, our minds molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized… ”<br /><br />So opens Propaganda (1928), one of several strikingly frank analyses of western social psychology written by Edward Bernays. This nephew of Sigmund Freud founded the public relations industry in the United States"Man From Atlanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08564058987138711708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29767791.post-6135381952044747392009-11-01T16:19:57.546-05:002009-11-01T16:19:57.546-05:00You're talking about a particular intellectual...You're talking about a particular intellectual movement with emphasis on social restructuring. The sort of thing said about "Fabian Socialists" in certain circles :) But who promoted them?<br />Suggest you read "The Gods of Eden" by William Bramley, about the role of financial groups, governing elites and secret societies in starting religions and cultural movements.<br />And if "they're" committed, shouldn't we be MORE so?Man From Atlanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08564058987138711708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29767791.post-34895296055606852952009-11-01T03:05:31.598-05:002009-11-01T03:05:31.598-05:00"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful...<i><b>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."</b></i><br /> — Margaret Mead<br /><br />Xanadu's variation: <br /><br /><b>"Never doubt that a group of thoughtful, committed people (i.e., the Frankfurt School) and thoughtless, uncommitted people (i.e., the conned sheeple), can change the world between them. They already have." </b><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Xanadunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29767791.post-33672928138082580922009-10-31T12:17:24.267-04:002009-10-31T12:17:24.267-04:00"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful..."Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." <br />Margaret Mead.Man From Atlanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08564058987138711708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29767791.post-86705689273464319692009-10-30T09:31:21.446-04:002009-10-30T09:31:21.446-04:00Hi, Xanadu, when I talk about miracles and peace I...Hi, Xanadu, when I talk about miracles and peace I am also skating very close to the edge. The creator doesn't blame, and how often comes to not only heal the self-inflicted wounds, but by choice, chooses to suffer on behalf of humanity as well?<br />But some things have to happen, and will. And the Healer does not heal, but <i>helps</i> people to heal themselves. So to cure this war, I say, cure yourself first.<br />There was a ginger cat that died, found on a roadside in Devon. He showed up again yesterday.<br />You have seen miracles too. <br />Perhaps its a time for 'small' miracles now?Man From Atlanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08564058987138711708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29767791.post-84195056977782159062009-10-30T04:25:08.744-04:002009-10-30T04:25:08.744-04:00"You have to follow me, and then will I stop ...<b><i>"You have to follow me, and then will I stop this insane war? No I won't. It will follow its course, as it follows what humanity has created, and, allowed to happen. But I will still bring peace, and the peace inside me will spread around the world to those who believe, and, there will be miracles.</i></b><br /><br />Come on then, I say to the Speaker behind the speaker, <i>get on with it!</i> <br /><br />You created man and man created problems, so man is to blame for all these self-inflicted wounds, right? But what Healer sets out to heal the wounds of those who create their own wounds? <br /><br />A very strange healer indeed.<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />An unusually stimulating little article, Naseer. I enjoyed the references to Orwell and Huxley. I've just been rereading <i>1984</i>. Its brilliant political insights never cease to amaze me. <br /><br />I have to say that the future looks more Huxleyish than Orwellian: a world in which the pleasure principle regns supreme and men are enslaved by their own passions.<br /><br />Here lies the future: endless sex, drugs and violence — all wrapped in the cellophane of fantasy.<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Xanadunoreply@blogger.com