Dubbed the age of information, the modern day has witnessed a massive shift in the pursuit of power towards controlling the information disseminated to the masses. Better known as propaganda, many world leaders in the current and past centuries have mastered the use of deceptive communication in shaping the mindsets of the ruled peoples, and manipulating their emotional and rational acceptance for the state’s direction. However, before delving deeper into how propaganda has been utilized by modern history’s leaders, let us take a look how it is defined linguistically. According to Merriam Webster, propaganda is “ideas or statements that are often false or exaggerated and that are spread in order to help a cause, a political leader, or a government.” Needless to say, tyrants who have excelled at the use of this conniving tool of mind trickery were capable of achieving unspeakable evils against humanity, but worse yet, with the consent of their people. Nazi Germany Propaganda During the 1930s, propaganda played a major role in the Nazis coming to power in Germany. To ensure the success of this process, a ministry under the candid name of the Ministry of…
