In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, not to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better. When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to obvious lies is in some small way to become evil oneself. One's standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of emasculated liars is easy to control.
Communists play it unfairly. Through their psychological dishonesty they convince millions of the not so bright people, who don't see through their deception. But these millions, under the supervision of their masters, have the capacity to exert the power in a 'democracy'. Something that seems to be happening now in the West.
-Theodore Dalrymple
Communists play it unfairly. Through their psychological dishonesty they convince millions of the not so bright people, who don't see through their deception. But these millions, under the supervision of their masters, have the capacity to exert the power in a 'democracy'. Something that seems to be happening now in the West.