However would those in power manage to convince ordinary people to pay for those wildly inflated military budgets if adversaries were not demonised ? No one has expressed this basic thesis of political propaganda better than Hermann Wilhlem Göring, in an interview in his prison cell with Gustave Gilbert :
Natürlich, das einfache Volk will keinen Krieg […] Aber schließlich sind es die Führer eines Landes, die die Politik bestimmen, und es ist immer leicht, das Volk zum Mitmachen zu bringen, ob es sich nun um eine Demokratie, eine faschistische Diktatur, um ein Parlament oder eine kommunistische Diktatur handelt. […] Das ist ganz einfach. Man braucht nichts zu tun, als dem Volk zu sagen, es würde angegriffen, und den Pazifisten ihren Mangel an Patriotismus vorzuwerfen und zu behaupten, sie brächten das Land in Gefahr. Diese Methode funktioniert in jedem Land.
The country is always in immediate danger from those irrational monsters who reside abroad and their pacifist friends at home. Trust «us» - and in particular, give us the funds we demand - and we shall keep you safe - just as Herr Göring and his friends kept the Germans safe during Herr Hitler’s Grand European Tour from 1933-45….
cd- I think it’s like Paul Joseph Goebbels-Wilhelm is also part of Hermann Goering’s name. Guess it’s like all the right wingers now insisting on Barack Hussein Obama. Is it like when your mom yelled at you and used your middle name and you KNEW you were in deep doo doo?? I was just shocked I could still read the German. Vocabulary skills aren’t completely lost after all!
danielsangeo almost 15 years ago
Yes. Iran is that stupid. *rollseyes*
mhenriday almost 15 years ago
However would those in power manage to convince ordinary people to pay for those wildly inflated military budgets if adversaries were not demonised ? No one has expressed this basic thesis of political propaganda better than Hermann Wilhlem Göring, in an interview in his prison cell with Gustave Gilbert :
Natürlich, das einfache Volk will keinen Krieg […] Aber schließlich sind es die Führer eines Landes, die die Politik bestimmen, und es ist immer leicht, das Volk zum Mitmachen zu bringen, ob es sich nun um eine Demokratie, eine faschistische Diktatur, um ein Parlament oder eine kommunistische Diktatur handelt. […] Das ist ganz einfach. Man braucht nichts zu tun, als dem Volk zu sagen, es würde angegriffen, und den Pazifisten ihren Mangel an Patriotismus vorzuwerfen und zu behaupten, sie brächten das Land in Gefahr. Diese Methode funktioniert in jedem Land.
The country is always in immediate danger from those irrational monsters who reside abroad and their pacifist friends at home. Trust «us» - and in particular, give us the funds we demand - and we shall keep you safe - just as Herr Göring and his friends kept the Germans safe during Herr Hitler’s Grand European Tour from 1933-45….
Henri
cdward almost 15 years ago
mhenriday, I’m familiar with the quote and find it compelling. But it’s Hermann Göring, not Wilhelm.
Dtroutma almost 15 years ago
cd- I think it’s like Paul Joseph Goebbels-Wilhelm is also part of Hermann Goering’s name. Guess it’s like all the right wingers now insisting on Barack Hussein Obama. Is it like when your mom yelled at you and used your middle name and you KNEW you were in deep doo doo?? I was just shocked I could still read the German. Vocabulary skills aren’t completely lost after all!
MaryWorth Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Funny, but when right wingers use Obama’s middle name THEY are the ones in deep doo doo!
cdward almost 15 years ago
dtrout, I love reading German. Love listening to Deutsche Welle and watching ZDF online, too. I love the internet!
Dale, when my mother used my middle name, I paid attention (and usually trembled). When right wingers use Obama’s middle name, I usually yawn.