Thursday, February 23, 2012

Bertrand Russell On Psycho-Manipulation And Enslavement Of The Masses


Thursday, February 23, 2012

Bertrand Russell On Psycho-Manipulation And Enslavement Of The Masses

"I think the subject which will be of most importance politically is mass psychology… 

The populace will not be allowed to know how its convictions were generated. When the technique has been perfected, every government that has been in charge of education for a generation will be able to control its subjects securely without the need of armies or policemen… 

Educational propaganda, with government help, could achieve this result in a generation. There are, however, two powerful forces opposed to such a policy: one is religion; the other is nationalism… 

Fabian Socialist, atheist/agnostic Bertrand Russell

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