Once we recognize the power of propaganda, we need to ask w… - Randal Marlin

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Once we recognize the power of propaganda, we need to ask whether its exercise is consistent with those democratic ideals to which lip-service is commonly accorded.

Randal Marlin

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Randal Marlin (born 1938) is an American-born Canadian philosophy professor at Carleton University in Ottawa who specializes in the study of propaganda.

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Edward Bernays Noam Chomsky Jacques Ellul Robert B. Cialdini Julian Assange

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Down to the present day the luminous image of democracy has often served as a pretext for the most undemocratic actions.

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In a general way, a major goal of the propagandist is to seek some kind of authoritative backing for the belief he or she is propagating.

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