A Brief History of Mind Control

This is the story of Edward Bernays, an evil genius who used the techniques of wartime propaganda to invent modern marketing. If you've ever seen an influencer touting a product, considered that a country might stage a false flag operation, or heard that smoking could help you lose weight, you’ve been living in Bernays' world all along. Bernays began his career as a PR man for the U.S. Army during World War I. His job was to convince an isolationist American public that self-sacrifice was their patriotic duty. The key insight that made his work so effective was that he connected actions to a person's desire to feel a certain way, not just to a need. After the war, he brought this key insight to the private sector and fundamentally changed the world. If any of this sounds familiar, you might remember me mentioning Bernay’s legacy in my video about Mel Robbins and Jay Shetty—where I took a brief detour into the history behind their manipulative techniques. Related Links Mel Robbins and Jay Shetty are Evil Geniuses    • Mel Robbins and Jay Shetty are Evil (Geniu...   The Century of Self:    • The Century of the Self - Part 1: "Happine...   Herbert Marcuse "One -Dimensional Man" https://amzn.to/4pgddo8 Get Early Access on Substack https://sgcarney.substack.com/ Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @sgcarney   Patreon:   / sgcarney   Scott Carney Investigates Podcast https://www.scottcarney.com/podcast YouTube    / @sgcarney   Books: ⁠The Wedge⁠ https://www.scottcarney.com/the-wedge ⁠What Doesn't Kill Us⁠ https://www.scottcarney.com/what-does... ⁠The Enlightenment Trap⁠ https://www.scottcarney.com/the-enlig... The Vortex https://www.scottcarney.com/the-vortex The Red Market https://www.scottcarney.com/the-red-m... Listen to the Scott Carney Investigates Podcast on: YouTube    • Interviews   Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Eez65b... Anchor: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/... Social Media: Threads: https://www.threads.net/@sgcarney Instagram   / sgcarney   Facebook   / scottcarneyauthor   Twitter   / sgcarney   Bluesky https://staging.bsky.app/profile/sgca... #marketing #bernays #scam ©PokeyBear LLC (2024)