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Well sinse now I decided to join the club this are the methods i will use on You!

Judge DreadJudge Dread Member Posts: 2,372 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited February 2002 in General Discussion
The ten commandments of propaganda 1. divide and conquerPossibly the oldest political tactic known to man. As long as the people are busy fighting each other, they will never know their real enemy. Hate speech is valuable to this end.2. tell the people what they wantNot to be confused with telling them what they want to hear, you are telling them what they want, and why they cannot live without it.3. the bigger the lie, the more people will believe itCoined by Joseph Goebbels, this truth has been proven time and time again, especially in times of war.4. always appeal to the lowest common denominatorAbraham Lincoln supposedly said "you can't fool all of the people, all of the time". But, if you can fool enough of the people, enough of the time, you can get away with anything. The trick is to find the common hopes and fears of the largest majority.5. generalize as much as possibleSpecifics are not very important. Most people would prefer to think in the simplest terms possible--black and white, good and evil, Communist and Capitalist, etc.6. use "expert" testimonialA degree and screen presence is pretty much all you need to be an authority on anything in the modern world. People like celebrities.7. always refer to the "authority" of your officeOnce your authority is established, you need to periodically remind the people of it. It will add credibility to your purpose.8. stack the cards with "information"Statistics and facts work wonderfully, especially when the average person only partially understands them, and when conflicting data is censored.9. a confused people are easily ledWhen a person hears the truth, he won't know it, because it will be lumped together with disinformation, half-truths, and lies.10. get the "plain folks" onto the "bandwagon"John Doe is your propaganda agent. Middle Americans will "relate" to him, and so will their friends, and their friends, and their friends....And remember: when all else fails, use FEAR. Following the rules,all is ok ! giving information to the enemy is bad ,You are the enemy ,sinse I have the information I must rule the inferior ignorant populance ..... JD
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  • jetjet Member Posts: 543 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Could you elaborate on point #5
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  • jetjet Member Posts: 543 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Please be specific.
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  • gap1916gap1916 Member Posts: 4,977
    edited November -1
    judge:I did not know you worked in the same organization I do? Where are You?
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  • timberbeasttimberbeast Member Posts: 1,738 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Machevellian theory from "The Prince". Nothing new here. This is 15th century stuff.
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  • robsgunsrobsguns Member Posts: 4,581 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    You know, I seem to have picked up a trend here in Judges fanatical posts. I think its got something to do with the moon phases. Either that or he cuts his dose in half now and then before the social security check arrives hmmm.... I know its something, he does go in streaks of normalcy,(spelling), and then way out in left field. Judge I wont pick on you like before, cause now I feel sorry for you, paranoia must be a terrible thing to live with.
    SSgt Ryan E. Roberts, USMC
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    He forgot propaganda's essential Rule Number One: Don't tell 'em it's only propaganda. Oh well, too late now...
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  • competentonecompetentone Member Posts: 4,696 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm immune!
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  • LowriderLowrider Member Posts: 6,587
    edited November -1
    Hey Judge, the spelling was first-rate.
    Lord Lowrider the LoquaciousMember:Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets She was only a fisherman's daughter,But when she saw my rod she reeled.
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  • wundudneewundudnee Member Posts: 6,105 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    "If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?" Will Rogers
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  • woodsrunnerwoodsrunner Member Posts: 5,378 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    wundudnee, Is Dread flying that thing or the one being beamed up!! LOLOL I like itWOODS
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  • wundudneewundudnee Member Posts: 6,105 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    WOODS,I'm not sure, but he's here then he's gone then he's here then he's gone then..................................
    "If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?" Will Rogers
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  • sodbustersodbuster Member Posts: 2,305 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Too bad we couldn't figure out some way to get J.D. some help. There are some posts that do make some sense. However,,, I don't believe that any of us will be divided or conquered on a message board through the internet,,,,besides he wouldn't be so paranoid if all you guys weren't out TO GET HIM!!!! How long did you say those batteries last in those eavesdropping bugs you guys places throughout his house?? All would benefit if, when he is having a bad day and the posts are "out of this world" just don't reply to them. Wait a minute,,,I replied to this one!?!? (looking at the screen with glazed eyes and a blank stare) "Judge,,I wait for further instructions from the mothership"
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