Essay On Artifice

People believe that they make every decision themselves using their own thoughts and ideas, but this is not entirely true. Whether it is an ad on TV for a burger or a political speech talking about the future of the country, the goal of these is to persuade people one way or the other. They do this because humans are easily manipulated by ads, propaganda, and false facts. George Orwell’s Animal Farm is an allegory based on communist Soviet Union before and during Joseph Stalin’s time as leader. Orwell showed, using pigs and other animals, how easy it is to manipulate someone into believing something. The pigs manipulated the other animals on the farm by effectively using rhetoric like logos, ethos, and pathos in their speeches.

In Cross’s opinion, she believes people are bamboozled by propaganda because they fail to recognize when they experience it (248). The thirteen propaganda methods Cross describes in this essay include the following: Name-Calling, Glittering Generalities, Plain-Folks Appeal, Arguementum Ad Populum (Stroking),

As a society we are guided by false veneers and deceit. Artifice is unfortunately a prominent tactic used in hope of gaining the respect of the public. Politicians and celebrities who we look up to utilize artifice on a daily basis to gain our recognition and approval. Even teenagers are being taught how to use artifice to their advantage. Chris Hedges believes that the use of artifice is a necessary device to achieve success. In his book, The Empire of Illusion, he discusses the appeal of artifice and how individuals become “unreal” and “ignored” if they do not utilize it. His viewpoint is immensely untrue because this “strategy” causes a never-ending cycle of conflict. If we continue to feign our true appearances, we will become unable to fix societal issues we face to today.

There are away multiple sides and to trick others into following you will only grant you short term success. Political leaders like Donald Trump promise certain things in their campaign that never follow through like his famous wall that will stop immigration. Yes he has tried to make a move but his promise did not keep up which can decline his support. When you trick someone they eventually will find out or maybe they will not but eventually they will have to disagree with you at some point. Artifice especially in politics will only get you so far as with

Before the advancement of current technologies, the world was reliant more upon the written word to gain knowledge of current affairs and information of importance to their lives, this allowed for greater control of knowledge sources and individual countries and communities could apply their forms of cultural hegemony, with much greater ease such as Adolph Hitler’s Nazi campaign (Renders 2001, p. 89). The adoption of newspaper propaganda heralded in the Nazi party and their systematic inundation of cultural hegemony, led to the acceptance of their ideologies and morals by the people of Germany, who appeared to not even question the knowledge that was being provided to be possibly false (Renders 2001, pp. 89-90). Knowing that those in the majority or in power can have such a strong influence on knowledge, could alter the perception or trust of knowledge negatively and devalue knowledge creation (Das & Teng 1998,

Such propaganda included posters asking people to “Wake up America! Civilisation calls every man, woman and child!” A British poster that emphasises the involvement of the total population in the war effort shows different kinds of people engaging in war responsibilities – men at battle, women in the workforce making uniforms, men making weapons – and it asks “Are YOU in this?” This kind of all-embracing propaganda had the aim to brainwash whole nations. The combination of the public’s thirst for information about the war and various governments’ urgent need to mobilise entire civilian populations for the war effort led to a moulding of the public’s thinking through the printed word. In Germany, for example, the military had the right to censor the press and any information that could distress the people was suppressed, while unfavourable news about a situation on the front was passed over silence, delayed or toned down. This was the same in Britain and France. The First World War was total because propaganda and censored news were used as weapons that could reach whole populations and intervene into everyday lives. Even though not all people were physically involved in battle, even children could look at a newspaper or propaganda poster and feel the impact of war through words that evoke fear, sadness, anger or give the urge to join the army.

This propaganda is quite efficient in Brave New World as every citizen of the world state is forced to act the same, look the same, and do the same things which makes them bandwagons in that sense and promotes this type of propaganda. The citizens in the world state are considered a community as their motto is, “Community, Identity, and Stability” (Huxley 1). Lenina also says, “When the individual feels, the community reels” (Huxley 94) which shows how they are all connected as a community that they are conditioned to

Not only is this recurring in history but in even further discombobulates the truth.. During World War II, Germans were propagandized into believing that not only are they superior, but that the Jews were responsible for the mega depression that occurred in Germany. Not only did they believe this, but it gave them a cause to fight for, something to rally by. If it hadn’t been for the U.S., this essay might be a lot further from the truth, and it might be in German. But the U.S. did decide to enter the war because they saw the truth; the fascist dictatorship that could very well country the entire globe if not stopped. Americans realized not only what was going on in Germany was absolutely horrible and that its causes were wrong, but it needed to be stopped. Certain perspectives can distort people's interpretation of the truth to fit what they believe. Everything written is somewhat biased to an extent. The truth is there, but hard to

Double-think has a huge impact on propaganda, thus being able to convince the minds of citizens two believe the following, “War is

The art of deception is an essential skill, especially in moments such as political debates and commercial promotions. In today's society, artifice is a widely utilized skill to persuade the public. The commercial market connects producers to consumers through propaganda which appeals to consumers through elements such as pathos, ethos, and logos. Utilizing these elements, the audience is immediately drawn into the viewpoint of the deceiver. Politicians tried to appear as ordinary and modest as possible to seem more appealing to their audience. But, it can be a deception. As Chris Hedges said in his Empire of Illusion, a story is the best form of artifice because the “consistency and emotional appeal of the story are paramount.” Often politicians tell stories to create a persona making themselves look more trustworthy.

propaganda does in fact hurt our ability to stabilize at risk societies. The authors of Chapter 3 go as far as to say that the U.S. fails in its ability to harness the true potential of stability operations while our adversaries can somehow grasp the ability to maximize the effective use of technologies which we likely developed. I would go as far to say we became mired in layers of bureaucracy, public policy, and the lack of visionary planning that someone forgot to set an overarching framework based on our world standing. I think we need to appreciate the rationale of the previous leaders who debated and understood the positive influence we had in the international world community and work to continue achieving that influence. We should look at it through the lens of the overall balance of power instead of wringing our hands as apologist while a growing body continues to propagate

"Propaganda tries to force a doctrine on the whole people... Propaganda works on the general public from the standpoint of an idea and makes them ripe for the victory of this idea." ( Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, 1926).

I totally agree with you that “some of the masses really are uninformed and easily manipulated” because they trusted the fake information on the social media. The good example is me. Last few years, my mom showed me an article of Dr. A (kind of) on the internet that if the male drink soy milk too much, they will be change in the sex to more girly. Also, if woman drink soy milk when they pregnancy, the baby boy will change the gender to baby girl also. I know it sound stupid, but I trusted it; therefore, I stop drink soy milk for coupe months after I realized the information is unreliable. SO, I think we have a lot of people like me out there. Therefore, the elites may make a lot of fake information to let the masses trust it,

Humankind has always had a thirst for power; over its peers, environment and spiritual beliefs. To quench this thirst it has gone as far as genocide; but has often employed more subtle techniques, such as mind control. In today’s socio-economical and political worlds, mind control plays a key role in dictating tastes and lifestyles; as well as controlling political thoughts, views, and people’s understanding of the world. It is accomplished using various channels to condition people’s thinking. Publicity and advertisement campaigns saturate people with products, broadcasting over radio, and television which in itself is a prime example. Many religions employ mind control, conditioning their followers to obey without

History contains a multitude of incidents that cast various viewpoints on the evil within humanity. Albeit these incidents have had frightening consequences on the societies that experienced these situations, nevertheless these same consequences still affect the modern world. An event that shook the perception of good and evil, while still affecting modern society, was the Second World War. The actions of the Allied and Axis forces, as well as the intention of these actions, have caused disputes concerning the morality of either side. War culture is a term commonly used to define the techniques used to justify a country’s amoral actions within the war. In the Second World War, war culture thrived, resulting in mass propaganda and censorship: this war culture was promoted similarity by the Axis and Allied governments and influenced the public’s views on nationalism, alienation, and morale.