Thursday, August 29, 2013

"A government of wolves."

BFP Book Review- ‘A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State’ by John W. Whitehead.
Fear, and its perpetuation by the government, is the greatest weapon against freedom, and propaganda is the most effective tool for keeping the populace in check. Propaganda, an expertise of politicians, is in reality a fiction. But it is an effective fiction. And in an age of amusements and entertainment, the so-called masses of Americans, who often take what television’s talking heads say as the gospel truth, have difficulty distinguishing between fiction and reality.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think we're well-beyond the "emerging" state.

I think we're now in the "solidifying their power" state.

Paul X said...

"And in an age of amusements and entertainment, the so-called masses of Americans, who often take what television’s talking heads say as the gospel truth, have difficulty distinguishing between fiction and reality."

I have to question this claim excerpted from Mondalek's book. In this age of the Internet and failing conventional media, it may be less true today than it has been in the past hundred years.

Still probably worth reading. BTW I heard an amazing interview by Lew Rockwell of Sibel Edmonds, well worth the time (which is long) to listen to:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/podcast/365-the-boston-bombing-the-cia-and-the-us-empire/