And An Apprenticeship To Whatever Gadgetry Is

The Most Favorable Moment To Seize A Man And Influence Him Is When He Is Alone In The Mass. It Is At This Point That Propaganda Can Be Most Effective.

And An Apprenticeship To Whatever Gadgetry Is Useful In A Technical World

Our Civilization Is First And Foremost A Civilization Of Means; In The Reality Of Modern Life, The Means, It Would Seem, Are More Important Than The Ends.

The Person Who Imagined That He Could Not Be The Victim Of Propaganda Because He Could Distinguish Truth From Falsehood, Is Extremely Susceptible To Propaganda, Because When Propaganda Does Tell The Truth, He Is Then Convinced That It Is No Longer Propaganda: Moreover, His Self-confidence Makes Him All The More Vulnerable To Attacks Of Which He Is Unaware.

Totalitarianism Extends To Whatever Touches It...psychological Technique, As It Operates In The Army Or In A Great Industrial Plant, Entails A Direct Action On The Family. It Involves A Psychological Adaptation Of Family Life To Military Or Industrial Methods, Supervision Of Family Life, And Training Family Life For Military Or Industrial Service. Technique Can Leave Nothing Untouched In A Civilization. Everything Is Its Concern. Technique, Which Is Destroying All Other Civilizations, Is More Than A Simple Mechanism: It's A Whole Civilization In Itself.