The Use of Propaganda by the Government Everyone has seen the iconic poster of Uncle Sam pointing at you with the words, “I want you!”. This is one of many examples of the use of propaganda by the U.S. government. Whether good or bad, propaganda is ever present in our everyday lives. Propaganda can come in many forms; through posters, people, and television programs. It can be used in many ways; to gain support for their cause, justify the waste of taxpayer money, and prove that what they are doing is right. The government can also use propaganda to justify the waste of taxpayer money. After seeing many commercials promoting Obamacare, I started to believe that it was a very good program. I then asked my parents about Obamacare, they told
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President Obama is currently using propaganda to promote his Obamacare plan. I have seen ads on the television that try to gain support for his healthcare plan that is failing. These ads claim that since obamacare, the number of people who have healthcare insurance has increased exponentially. But, what they fail to mention is that the premiums of plans sold on healthcare.gov, will increase an average of 22% in 2017, with some states’ premiums increasing over 100% (abcnews.go.com). This shows that the government will promote their agendas even if they are not working. This type of propaganda is also established in the book 1984 by George Orwell. During hate week, the speaker has to change his speech to be against eastasia instead of eurasia. Even though the people were holding up anti-Eurasia signs the speaker influences them to hate Eastasia instead of Eurasia (Orwell 107). This is a slippery slope that our government is going down. If we start believing everything that they say, we will be like mindless slaves to the government who will believe anything and everything they tell us. Gaining public support for their cause is not the only way that the government uses propaganda to influence public …show more content…
When I watched the presidential debates, I saw Donald Trump ask Hillary Clinton about the rising premiums of Obamacare. She then answered that about 20,000,000 people now have healthcare and didn’t before Obamacare. This is true (obamacarefacts.com). The proponents of Obamacare often cite this fact as their argument to keep Obamacare. However, while they say that it helps low to middle income families, they don’t mention that those families will receive a fine if they do not accept Obamacare. This shows that the United States government will try to make one positive outweigh many negatives. They cling to any positive effect of their agendas and stick with that as their only reason that what they are proposing or enacting is for the greater good. This is the government using propaganda through people to try to prove that their agenda is right and the other side’s is
President Obama is currently using propaganda to promote his Obamacare plan. I have seen ads on the television that try to gain support for his healthcare plan that is failing. These ads claim that since obamacare, the number of people who have healthcare insurance has increased exponentially. But, what they fail to mention is that the premiums of plans sold on healthcare.gov, will increase an average of 22% in 2017, with some states’ premiums increasing over 100% (abcnews.go.com). This shows that the government will promote their agendas even if they are not working. This type of propaganda is also established in the book 1984 by George Orwell. During hate week, the speaker has to change his speech to be against eastasia instead of eurasia. Even though the people were holding up anti-Eurasia signs the speaker influences them to hate Eastasia instead of Eurasia (Orwell 107). This is a slippery slope that our government is going down. If we start believing everything that they say, we will be like mindless slaves to the government who will believe anything and everything they tell us. Gaining public support for their cause is not the only way that the government uses propaganda to influence public …show more content…
When I watched the presidential debates, I saw Donald Trump ask Hillary Clinton about the rising premiums of Obamacare. She then answered that about 20,000,000 people now have healthcare and didn’t before Obamacare. This is true (obamacarefacts.com). The proponents of Obamacare often cite this fact as their argument to keep Obamacare. However, while they say that it helps low to middle income families, they don’t mention that those families will receive a fine if they do not accept Obamacare. This shows that the United States government will try to make one positive outweigh many negatives. They cling to any positive effect of their agendas and stick with that as their only reason that what they are proposing or enacting is for the greater good. This is the government using propaganda through people to try to prove that their agenda is right and the other side’s is