Propaganda, Thought Control and Brainwashing
Education for Death
The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 04, 2023 -
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Category: Propaganda, Thought Control and Brainwashing, War, Children, Cartoons, 1940s, Europe
Miss Marine Recruiter
The earliest instance I find is 1952; the latest, 1974.Here's one gal from each decade--with a bonus dog!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 06, 2023 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Propaganda, Thought Control and Brainwashing, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Armed Forces
Conquer by the Clock
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 09, 2023 -
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Category: Propaganda, Thought Control and Brainwashing, War, Industry, Factories and Manufacturing, 1940s
The Hypnotic Powers and/or Memory-wiping Drugs of Cool Whip
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 10, 2022 -
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Category: Family, Hypnotism, Mesmerism and Mind Control, Money, Propaganda, Thought Control and Brainwashing, Advertising, Junk Food, 1970s
America Never Took Water
Sing along to this rousing anti-Prohibition ditty! Full lyrics here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 23, 2022 -
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Category: Government, Law, Music, Propaganda, Thought Control and Brainwashing, Alcohol
If Russia Should Win…
... American men would be sterilized!!!The image is a still from the 1940 movie Dr. Cyclops, starring Janice Logan. It was repurposed in the early 1950s as anti-Communist propaganda, appearing (with the bizarre claim about mass sterilization) in Man to Man magazine (Jan 1954).
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jun 16, 2022 -
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Category: Propaganda, Thought Control and Brainwashing, Giant People in Ads, 1950s
The Bear Facts
Anti-communist fable presented as a kid's book.More pictures and discussion here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 02, 2021 -
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Category: Propaganda, Thought Control and Brainwashing, Children, Books, Fantasy, 1940s, Russia
On the Trail of Marihuana
Read the whole thing here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 01, 2021 -
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Category: Drugs, Propaganda, Thought Control and Brainwashing, Juvenile Delinquency, 1930s
The Germ-Hun
With thanks to Lawrence Person.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 11, 2020 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Hygiene, Propaganda, Thought Control and Brainwashing, War, Reader Recommendation, Europe, Twentieth Century
Follies of the Madmen #490
Our televised brainwashing will turn honest citizens into criminals.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 07, 2020 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Crime, Propaganda, Thought Control and Brainwashing, Television, 1950s
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