Freedom of Thought

Mass Mind Control: Psychology and Propaganda

The quote below illustrates that the Nazis were interested in mind control as early as 1934. It naturally follows that Nazism would continue to focus on controlling minds, even until the present.

 Emphasis added:

"Modern psychology (the word, by the way, comes from the days of Melancthon), supported by psychiatry and neurology, attempts to discover the laws of psychological processes through systematic experimentation and statistical analysis (e.g., logical thinking). These modern methods have led to valuable conclusions, but they are not sufficient by themselves. There are imponderables in the psyche of individuals as well as of the masses that can scarcely be explained. Neither psychological experiments or statistical techniques can produce laws that the propagandist can apply with mathematical certainty. This is not to say that certain psychological discoveries should be ignored or rejected.

Few people are able to bring heart and mind into full agreement. Propaganda often has particular importance in that it speaks to the emotions rather than to pure understanding. The individual as well as the masses are subject to "attitudes"; their emotions determine their condition.The politician may not coldly ignore these emotions; he must recognize and understand them if he is to choose the proper of propaganda to reach his goals."

Background: This article is taken from the Nazi monthly for propagandists. It is an unusually complicated explication of Nazi propaganda. The author, born in 1902, was an early Nazi. In 1934, he was the head of the district propaganda office of the Propaganda Ministry Berlin-Brandenburg-Kurmark, and a Reichsredner.

The source: "Politische Propaganda," Unser Wille und Weg, 4(1934), pp. 323-332

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Resource list of  historic Nazi propaganda:

http://history1900s.about.com/cs/nazipropaganda/index.htm

The mass media should cease from being part of Neocon propaganda crimes.

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