When I grow up (as the phrase goes), I want to be a propagandist. I can come with all sorts of good and funny reasons, but they’d all be covering up my true intentions. I am power hungry and it’s an alternate way to gain power. I want power over the minds of the impressionable sheople (sheep/people). It all boils down to that point. Propaganda is also an effective form of persuasion. I can get all sorts of people to see things my way. It speaks to the masses.

Can anyone think of anything that noble about propaganda? It’s just a cheap, dirty, quick way to win someone over to an idea. Don’t give them all the facts, just the important ones.

I once did a project for history last year, in which I had to write propaganda for WWI. That was a very fun project. I wrote a speech. If I can find it, I’ll post it some other day. Any other line of work seems boring, or fun, but won’t get me anywhere. Propaganda is both fun and appeals to my need for power.

I bet if I was a propagandist for the USA, we’d already be done with the war with Iraq. That’s how effective I could be, if I really put my mind to it. More about the war on Iraq tomorrow.

I already have an idea for a campaign to fight obesity in this nation; it’s called, “Get off your fat lazy asses.” Sure, the initial shock would wear off quickly, but it doesn’t matter. The American public has a short attention span, so I should cater to it, rather than fight it. I think that’s the problem with propaganda nowadays.

I am cynical, but the only difference between you and me is that you think this on a sub-conscious level, and I think it on a conscious level. The inherent selfish nature of humans will be discussed at length later this week.