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Re:Moral outrage in the digital age by CodeWriter23 on Sunday March 04, 2018 @04:31AM (#16513952)
It’s really as simple as this. This is a 34 second clip of Edward Bernays, consultant to Joseph Stalin and father of the American Public Relations Industry illustrating how to transmute a reprehensible idea into an acceptable one. And doing it with a frightening amount of ease.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5dtg-qFPYDE

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Re:Moral outrage in the digital age by maxxxxx on Sunday March 04, 2018 @11:53AM (#16515346)
Bernays was a genius, probably evil, but a genius nevertheless. His Wikipedia page is a worthwhile read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bernays
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Re:Moral outrage in the digital age by bobthechef on Sunday March 04, 2018 @10:47AM (#16515064)
More good material:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ddVmKS3AOo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBEclayBCdc

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Re:Moral outrage in the digital age by CodeWriter23 on Sunday March 04, 2018 @01:46PM (#16515892)
This one, he’s on Letterman and has Letterman call him “Doctor”. He wasn’t a Doctor nor. PhD. Tap in to find out why he did that.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i6hH3roMe4w

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