Added: Nov 18, 2008

From: LaneCh

Duration: 10:5

"When I came back to the United States, I decided that if you could use propaganda for war, you could certainly use it for peace. And 'propaganda' got to be a bad word because of the Germans using it, so what I did was to try and find some other words so we found the words 'public relations'."- Edward BernaysThis is the first part of a two part clip about a man named Edward Bernays who saw how propaganda in war time could also be used to manipulate the masses during peace time, only in this sense, doing it for commercial gain.This is part of a documentary called "The Century of Self" by Adam Curtis and the BBC. You can download this entire documentary in four parts for free at http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=century%20of%20the%20self%20adam%20curtis

Channel: People

Tags: adam  bbc  consumerism  curtis  driven  humanism  product  propaganda  socialism 

Rating: 4.86 (28 ratings)    Views: 6634' favoriteCount='78    Comments: 10

kathyschmid Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Brilliant

toeg1 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Yep, that's pretty much how it happened. Europe has never really caught on to the concept, thank goodness, but it's the fundamental driving force behind nearly all advertising.

furlur Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Freuds and Edward Bernays ...just sick...you are not an animal you are a powerful and beautifull living being (spirit).We need to stop this System.

impatientp Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - its pitiful how videos like this have 5000 views, yet Lil Wayne- Lollipop has 12,000,000

DropZoneRecords Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - I so agree my friend, I totally agree!

rageunderground Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Wow.. that was really interesting. 5*brilliant lil doco. Bernays is so interesting. such an onto it fellow.

KaneSyndrome Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - More people should watch videos like this...might change the world a bit!!!5/5

worldchangin Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - council of public relations...hmmm

PakaLoLoDaddy Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - LaneCh you're an idiot! The average PR person has nothing to do with this. Propaganda is not PR. Propaganda is propaganda. Public Relations is everything from publicity of an actor to creating a campaign for a corporation/company to donate money to charity. Aren't those good things??? Ya know, holding companies liable to public opinion??? You are the one who is brainwashed by this ignorant stereotype of how things really run. Idiot read a book!

LaneCh Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Thanks for sharing your opinion, Sonya. I assure you that it was dismissed accordingly.