Future historians may well describe our present era as the Age of Propaganda. Never before have the forces of government and communications been so completely
unified into a single machine, and never before has the truth been so twisted and filtered on its way to public perception. This is a byproduct of the fact that most people still believe that democracy is a magic force that allows the common man to select his leaders and, thereby, determine his own political destiny. That being the case, political leaders must master the science of public-opinion engineering so the illusion of the ballot box can be maintained while, at the same time,
candidates and policy issues can be selected by power brokers behind the scenes.... (More)
