...of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic (socialist) society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism...ideas suggested largely by men we have never heard of. "We are dominated by the relatively small number of persons who understand the mental processes and...

...organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in a democratic society. . . . We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes...ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of."13 And for him this mind-and-taste manipulation is a very good thing, because it avoids democratic...

...early as 1928, one of the founders of modern public relations wrote concerning the United States:26 [T]he conscious and intelligent manipulation of the...suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This was written before the age of television. Already, seventy-five years ago, in the world's leading industrialised...

...invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. We are governed, our minds our molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely...result of the way in which our democratic society is organized.64 Bernays acknowledged that some aspects of the propaganda process — "the manipulation...

...society," he wrote, "constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country . . . our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of."5 Before World War II, the diminutive media wizard had been a PR adviser to Alcoa. He operated...

...country. "We are governed, our minds molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested largely by men we never heard of. "This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized. We are dominated by the relatively small number of persons who understand the mental processes and...

...masses" as being "an important element in a democratic society," and goes on to assert approvingly that "we are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes...suggested, largely by men we have never heard of," he is speaking of "business leaders" who are in fact merely the appliances of corporate automata.9...

...invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. For we: are governed, our minds molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely...the way in which our democratic society is organized ...Whatever attitude one chooses toward this condition, it remains a fact that in almost every act...

...constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. We are governed, our minds molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested largely by men we have never heard of." Bernays sees a society in which opinion-molding tacticians are continuously at work, analyzing the...

...which is the true ruling power of our country. . . . We are governed, our minds are molded, our taste formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a OO OJJ logical result of the way in which our Democratic society is organized. ... In almost every...