Propaganda In The United States

Our current propaganda in the United States is targeted mostly at the upcoming election and the candidates involved, while in the past with the Nazi propaganda, it was more targeted towards stopping Hitler and the Nazis and protecting the US. Though both of which in comparison to the propaganda in the Hunger Games are drastically similar, and drastically different as in the Hunger Games the rebel side propaganda was targeted towards stopping the Capitol, and the Capitol propaganda was to stop the rebels, control the districts, and keep Snow president. The reason why the current propaganda is so different is because it’s the biggest thing that’s happening right now. Either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton will be president and the propaganda …show more content…
Even if the system in this country is flawless and everything is in it’s place and most everyone is happy, there will still be the unhappy people. They will bring propaganda back to make people agree with them and see things how they see them. In comparison to Nazi propaganda, the propaganda currently isn’t as powerful. Leading up to the Holocaust and during it as well, the Nazis were promoting their ideals and many people were doing what the propaganda was promoting, though it was out of fear of the one behind the propaganda. In the US people were putting up things that went against what the Nazis were doing, and people agreed and did what was promoted due to their beliefs. The Nazis portrayed what they were doing as good and pure, and so the people thought it was true, some people thought it was wrong but for others the ideas were so firmly implanted in their minds that they believed. The US portrays it oppositely, they said that what the Nazis were doing was wrong and they should be stopped, so people believed accordingly. Propaganda back then was very effective on the people, today it’s more effective in subtle ways such as watching an ad on TV and become convinced that what they’re saying is true, or listening to someone talk and suddenly you and hanging onto …show more content…
The fear isn’t as strong in this approach, and opposed to it being more of a fear the punishment of death type fear, it’s more of a. ‘This candidate is going to do this and this and it will turn out doing this to your children!’ fear. People instead of being genuinely scared due to threats, they are scared of what could happen if this thing became a thing or if they took this action. Sympathy definitely is a common one, and it’s usually through discrete methods that this is used, showing a picture of a sad puppy being happy after getting dog food, or sympathising with mothers to take care of their babies are types of approaches often seen. Sometimes they will be more upfront though it’s usually hidden in some secret message that you don’t pick up on until you are already starting to agree, and by that point you’ve been persuaded and can’t easily see it from another point of view. Manipulation isn’t as commonly seen, mainly because it’s so well hidden, it’s usually mixed in with the sympathy approach so it isn’t