Propaganda

Propaganda is all around us; it motivates us and uses us. This is exactly how it was in 1984 to control the population of their country. The people could not know what was really happening in the world because reality was being clouded by false factual information like the millions of boots made in certain period of time. Yet as Winston observed, most people had very worn or no shoes on their feet. In our country it may not be this extreme but there is still small and sometimes large instances of propaganda that can affect our decision. In 1984 it is blatantly described as 2+2=5. Although this meme is meant to induce a quick laugh, it makes a lot of sense if you think about it. But the problem is that we don’t think about it. We just accept whatever is told to us and believe it. This is evident in the attacks on our embassy in Libya about a year ago. At first we were told that it was an unorganized riot that got out of control and it ended up with several Americans being killed. But as we later found out that it was actually an organized attack that was sadly successful. Instead of the government taking responsibility they covered it up and then got caught. After getting caught Hillary Clinton stepped down from her position. Another big area of propaganda is with Obamacare. As this website: http://www.istook.com/tag/fuzzy/, says that Obama is spending millions to convince us that his legislations is “good”. If a law is passed by our government “good” or “bad” it should either live or die when it is implemented. Our country should not have to spend tax dollars to fund a campaign to convince us to support something that should have already been either supported or passed in Congress or not and been shot down and was denied in Congress. So what do we actually know is reality? It isn’t very clear is it? I don’t think so. Therefore, next time you see something, think before you just believe it.