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Children knew what reverence meant – paid the rent – No tips under 12% – Those were the days – Hair was short and skirts were long – Kate Smith sure could sell a song – You tell me just what went wrong – Those were the days

Is there a difference between marketing, advertising, public relations and social engineering? Of course there is a difference, but the line that separates them has become very blurry, if not transparent. We have Edward Louis Bernays to thank for proving how hackable our minds really are, by combining all of the above so-called disciplines. The common thread that stitches together marketing, advertising, public relations, and social engineering is that they all seek to get a human being to do something they would not have done otherwise. Behavior is molded when exposed to such tactics.

Bernays was the double-nephew of Sigmund Freud who was the founder of psychoanalysis. Freud influenced the Frankfurt school which is often considered a pre-runner to the Tavistock Institute. Any relationship between the two is down-played just like their obvious connection to social engineering. Bernays must have had access to the early psychological work of his double uncle Freud. As they say, “All in the Family”. At the very least, Bernays is on the record as having facilitated US Imperialism that caused decades of civil unrest and repression. He played a role in undermining democratic governance, democratic values, and the individual autonomy of your average, everyday Americans.

In truth, you would be hard-pressed to come up with another name comparable to the massive changes in American culture and habits implemented by Bernays propaganda… if we are to use the correct term here. Due to men like Bernays, the classical idea of Democratic America can only be found in nostalgia at this point. “Boy the way Glenn Miller played – Songs that made the hit parade. – Guys like us we had it made, those were the days.”

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