Propaganda and Mind Control as used by Adolf Hitler and Nazi Party and Brave New World
Bryant McGill once said, “Our minds have been poisoned and our accepted beliefs are unnatural and artificial.” The use of mind control is to poison the minds of society and to get civilians to forget about their natural beliefs and only allow higher power teach them. In the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, a dystopian society is introduced, where babies are made to work and controlled to be happy with whatever job is put in place for them through a hypnopaedic phase in their sleep. This is in order for society to work as the World Controllers planned. Similarly, under the leadership of Adolf Hitler, the Nazi’s planned for possession of an entire state. …show more content…
People were forced to go along with whatever they wanted, meaning that they wanted everyone to join the Nazi movement and see their vision of “National Community”. An example of this is when Adolf Hitler said “What we must fight for is to safeguard the existence and reproduction of our race and our people… so that our people may mature for the fulfillment of the mission allotted it by the creator of the universe”. This shows the manipulation and the use of bandwagon, since they promised the citizens that their movement is to better the lives of everyone and everyone should participate in order to live in a utopian environment. Instead their goal was to find a reason that would force others to join. Moreover, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party demonstrated bandwagon by controlling the minds of others through good ideas and words that caught everyone’s attention, which made the population agree with their actions. For example, Hitler explains “It is thus necessary that the individual should finally come to realize that his own ego is of importance in comparison with the existence of the nation, that the position of the individual is conditioned solely by the interests of the nation as a whole.” He states one individual is important as one whole …show more content…
When the Directory of the Hatchery Centre, Tomakin, was making his announcement about dismissing Bernard, a Hatchery and conditioning center worker, for disobeying the laws of the World State, Bernard gets an offer from Tomakin which he says “Marx,’ ‘can you show any reason why I should not now execute the judgment passed upon you?’” Bernard later turned the negative situation into a positive one by exposing the D.H.C Tomakin of having a wife and son. For instance, he says “‘Come in,’ (Huxley.130) introducing Linda the women Tomakin got pregnant “You made me have a baby” and his son “‘My father!’ (Huxley. 131). This shows the propaganda technique card stacking because “it builds an overwhelming case on one side of an issue, while concealing another,” which Bernard did by making his issue seem less important by exposing Tomakin with his issue of getting Linda pregnant. Another situation of the propaganda technique card stacking is when the World State shows that in order for a utopian society to achieve a state of stability, a loss of individualism, and undoing of mother nature most occur. Successfully engineering these conditions produces a world where people are finally living happily ever after, but at a great cost. For example, the World State’s motto “Community, Identity, Stability” (Huxley. 1) also “‘that is
Bryant McGill once said, “Our minds have been poisoned and our accepted beliefs are unnatural and artificial.” The use of mind control is to poison the minds of society and to get civilians to forget about their natural beliefs and only allow higher power teach them. In the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, a dystopian society is introduced, where babies are made to work and controlled to be happy with whatever job is put in place for them through a hypnopaedic phase in their sleep. This is in order for society to work as the World Controllers planned. Similarly, under the leadership of Adolf Hitler, the Nazi’s planned for possession of an entire state. …show more content…
People were forced to go along with whatever they wanted, meaning that they wanted everyone to join the Nazi movement and see their vision of “National Community”. An example of this is when Adolf Hitler said “What we must fight for is to safeguard the existence and reproduction of our race and our people… so that our people may mature for the fulfillment of the mission allotted it by the creator of the universe”. This shows the manipulation and the use of bandwagon, since they promised the citizens that their movement is to better the lives of everyone and everyone should participate in order to live in a utopian environment. Instead their goal was to find a reason that would force others to join. Moreover, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party demonstrated bandwagon by controlling the minds of others through good ideas and words that caught everyone’s attention, which made the population agree with their actions. For example, Hitler explains “It is thus necessary that the individual should finally come to realize that his own ego is of importance in comparison with the existence of the nation, that the position of the individual is conditioned solely by the interests of the nation as a whole.” He states one individual is important as one whole …show more content…
When the Directory of the Hatchery Centre, Tomakin, was making his announcement about dismissing Bernard, a Hatchery and conditioning center worker, for disobeying the laws of the World State, Bernard gets an offer from Tomakin which he says “Marx,’ ‘can you show any reason why I should not now execute the judgment passed upon you?’” Bernard later turned the negative situation into a positive one by exposing the D.H.C Tomakin of having a wife and son. For instance, he says “‘Come in,’ (Huxley.130) introducing Linda the women Tomakin got pregnant “You made me have a baby” and his son “‘My father!’ (Huxley. 131). This shows the propaganda technique card stacking because “it builds an overwhelming case on one side of an issue, while concealing another,” which Bernard did by making his issue seem less important by exposing Tomakin with his issue of getting Linda pregnant. Another situation of the propaganda technique card stacking is when the World State shows that in order for a utopian society to achieve a state of stability, a loss of individualism, and undoing of mother nature most occur. Successfully engineering these conditions produces a world where people are finally living happily ever after, but at a great cost. For example, the World State’s motto “Community, Identity, Stability” (Huxley. 1) also “‘that is