Edward Bernays, the father of modern propaganda, suggested that “the engineering of consent is the very essence of the democratic process, the freedom to persuade and suggest”. 90 years later, one can find the substance of his thesis within modern corporate media. Carefully engineered by the American deep state using handpicked scientists and propagandists from the vestiges of Germany’s 3rd Reich, the Eisenhower administration weaned it into fruition and passed the baton to subsequent ones. Operating through a strict hierarchical chain of command, the 4th branch of government is as organised as any military, and is equally dangerous.

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