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There are invisible rulers who control the destinies of millions. It is not generally realized
to what extent the words and actions of our most influential public men are dictated by
shrewd persons operating behind the scenes.
[Source: Ibid]

As one reads the writings of men like Edward Bernays, Walter Lippman, Ivy Lee, and other
pioneers of modern propaganda, it becomes evident just how pervasive the practice of
manipulating public opinion has become. The following statement of Bernays, written in
1928, could have been written as a commentary on America’s current President.

Again, the objection is raised that propaganda is utilized to manufacture our leading
political personalities. It is asked whether, in fact, the leader makes the propaganda, or
whether propaganda makes the leader. There is a widespread impression that a good
press agent can puff up a nobody into a great man.
[Source: Ibid]

Truly, there has seldom been a less accomplished man who was portrayed as a great
statesman, than the current President. Many were astonished when after his election to the
Presidency he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. There was no basis for the award. He had
not brokered any peace agreements. He had no political history of accomplishment. All the
awards and popular press he was receiving were part of a massive, organized plan to
manufacture an image of a great man out of a nobody. The ruling elite chose Obama as a
figurehead to accomplish their purposes. They manufactured a false history for his life, and
the public by and large has accepted it due to the universal and continuous flood of
propaganda that has attended his ascension to public office.

Although Obama is a willing instrument of men in carrying out the destruction of America
as a wealthy nation of great liberty, he is not the one making decisions. Those who created
his public image and arranged his election to the Presidency are the true powers behind the
throne. As far back as 1928 Edward Bernays wrote:

The public actions of America’s chief executive are, if one chooses to put it that way, stage-
managed.
[Source: Ibid]

Edward Bernays did not apologize for his views. He believed that it was right and necessary
for an enlightened minority to guide the masses.

Ours must be a leadership democracy administered by the intelligent minority who know
how to regiment and guide the masses. Is this government by propaganda?... It must be
enlightened, expert propaganda through the creation of circumstances, through the high-
spotting of significant events, and the dramatization of important issues.
[Source: Ibid]

Consider carefully what is declared here. An “intelligent minority,” a global elite, believe it
is their right and duty to regiment human behavior. They accomplish this control of
mankind through creating events and circumstances that will provide a context to move the