“The business community in the United States has demonstrated a high degree of class consciousness and an understanding of the importance of controlling what they call ‘the public mind.’ The rise of the public relations industry is one manifestation of this concern for ‘the engineering of consent,’ the essence of democracy according to Edward Bernays, the leading figure in this system of business propaganda. Part of this effort has been to create a certain conception of ‘the good life’ at home, as you say, a conception that happens to conform to the needs of the wealthy and privileged sectors that dominate the economy as well as the political and ideological systems. They have also favored a particular form of ‘development and modernization’ which happens to conform to the interests of American investors. These are very important matters, which merit much more attention than they receive.” (Noam Chomsky, “The Chomsky Reader, pg. 45)
Posted on: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 19:52:24 +0000
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