If you had a piece of propaganda that you knew could never stand
the scrutiny of the public, would you just throw it out there, to
be eaten by wolves? Of course not! You need to prime your audience
to ready and willing to accept whatever bullshit you want to feed
them. Here are 3 easy steps you can use to get any evil idea into
the minds of Americans without them ever even knowing it.
1. Advocate open-mindedness.
Think about what being "open-minded" means. Open means
anything can go through; closed means nothing can go through. Open
is exactly what we want! Open to anything. Anything is exactly
what we want them to accept.
Now, you don't want to point out to them that the debate should
not be between an open versus closed mind, but rather between a
thinking mind and a non-thinking mind. We need open, pliable minds
- not an active, filtering mind - it's that simple. The debate must
be open versus closed, afterall, who would pick closed?
2. Advocate moral relativism.
As the old saying goes, "If you don't stand for something,
you'll fall for anything." Anything (read: your evil idea),
of course, is exactly what we want them to fall for.
Do you really want people coming to you with their own set of moral
principles? No. Do you even want people who will morally judge something
at all? Do criminals like cops? Moral judgment cannot be
placed on whatever idea you have.
The debate about morality needs to be defined as someone's right
to do whatever base, ugly, stupid thing they want. Only such a culture
is prime to hear the most morally offensive, outrageous things.
People cannot know that there a variety of ideas about what is
morally proper out there, and the purpose of debate in morality
should be over which code is best. They need to believe morality
itself is offensive. They need to believe in "choice,"
but they cannot have any method to determine which choice is best.
Then, while they are failing to think in moral terms, slip in the
most morally offensive behavior by means of step 3 (repetitive propaganda).
3. Let the propaganda pour.
There you have it! Your audience's critical faculty has been completely
shut down. They have no sense of moral outrage; no sense of right
or wrong. They are open, ready, and waiting to be "tolerant"
of any bullshit you want to feed them. Let the propaganda pour.
Your audience, while stuck in an intellectual and moral void - waiting
and wanting to be led - will lap up whatever you have to say. They
are blank, vapid dolls ready to believe anything.
Remember: if you tell a lie enough times, people start believing
you. Especially if you are a university professor, this advice applies
to you. You can say any outrageous, completely false, morally offensive
thing, and you have an audience of wide-eyed, unchallenging young
students at your finger tips. They have no grounding or intellectual
ability to see past your bullshit. And, if they do, remember: handing
out lowered grades or laughing them off are always an option. Don't
think of this as petty; you're just doing your job.
You can convince them to allow cop-killers to go scott-free, that
leaders of various countries are great despite killing thousands
of people, and that ideologies that have caused for the deaths of
millions of people really aren't so bad. Nothing will pass their
ears that sounds too outrageous. They're a bunch of pupptes, and
you're the puppeteer. Have your own way with them!
Follow these 3 easy steps, and you're well on your way to spreading
any bogus, bullshit idea you want to the masses at large.
Amber Pawlik