Propaganda...Recognize It, Protect Yourself...Use it for Good
By Allen Loren
Copyright 2009
Contributions by Kevin Hogan
[I was talking with Propaganda Expert, Allen Loren about the new Covert Hypnosis Live! DVD Set out May 30, and I asked Allen to put together not only a very cool and timely article for you, but also to create a nice download for Coffee with Kevin Hogan Readers. He came through with this and it is truly brilliant. ]
I submit for your consideration, propaganda is neither good nor evil...
“Well... you... you.. just hold on there a minute!”… is what you may be thinking. “I hear the word propaganda and know it is some nefarious evil nondescript thing that will convince me to do something by some miracle power of mind control I am helpless to fight... And it is used only by those that are out to grab power for themselves... Like Hitler was.. or some of today's [un-named] politicians, in and out of office.”
Please answer these questions...
Do you sell a product (goods or services)?
Do you advertise or market your product?
Think for a minute before answering this one...
Have you ever tried to convince someone to do something you wanted them to do… with some of these reasons...
a) "Everyone is doing it!"
b) "Don't listen to him... he's an idiot."
c) "I read that Dr. SoandSo said..."
d) "It's the right thing to do..."
e) "Here are the 10 reasons you should do it, and the one reason not to" (even though you know there are at least 10 reasons not to do what you ask.)
f) "Oh, you'll like my new [boyfriend/girlfriend] he/she goes to the same [religious institution] as we do."
g) "I worked really hard on this. When I first started I didn't know what to do. And then.... so that brought me to the point I am at now."
Every single one of those reasons (accurate or not) is a propaganda tactic! For the sake of propaganda experts, we’ll talk about tactics as they were described by the now defunct Institute for Propaganda Analysis formed in 1937 in the USA.
The Institute for Propaganda Analysis described the SEVEN uniform Propaganda Tactics/Devices.
Learn how to spot them, and you have awareness; and that really is the first half of “interacting with propaganda.” The second half, is about you... ask questions to prove what they say is either true or false. (Some appropriate questions coming up.)
But first...
How did Propaganda get its start? Then...on to the Seven Tactics... 
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