From: brasschecktv.com

In 2002, Adam Curtis and the BBC released a four-part series called "The Century of the Self."

The series tracks how American elites have aggressively used the modern behavioral sciences to persuade, coerce and manipulate the American public into accepting the corporate-government world's version of events as their own.

This seven-minute video which I call "The Assassin of Democracy" focuses on one of the most skillful and amoral expert of all the experts in mass manipulation, Edward Bernays. Bernays got his first taste of the power of propaganda during World War I. He advised US presidents from Woodrow Wilson to Einsehower and served numerous corporations and business associations. One of his biggest fans was Hitler's propaganda chief, Joseph Goebbels, a fact about which Bernays bragged proudly.

In this clip, we see a pattern that Bernays used over and over again: turn a harmless entity into a fearsome enemy through lies and manufactured news items. Then use the "threat" to justify attack. The subject of this video is Bernays campaign against the democratically elected government of Guatemala in 1953, but you'll have no trouble seeing that this very same method is being used today.

Watch the Entire Documentary at Google Video:

The Century Of The Self - Part 1 of 4

The Century Of The Self - Part 2 of 4

The Century Of The Self - Part 3 of 4

The Century Of The Self - Part 4 of 4

"This series is about how those in power have used Freud's theories to try and control the dangerous crowd in an age of mass democracy." - Adam Curtis

Article from http://www.brasscheck.com/videos/spin/bernays1.html

Edward Bernays and the Fluoride Deception

An excerpt from "The Fluoride Deception"

A discussion with journalist Chris Bryson about Edward Bernays' role in the promotion of water fluoridation.

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The Fluoride Deception (Interview With Christopher Bryson)