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A Whimsical Look at Fallacies: Appeal to Antiquity – Part 2

Last time, you suggested that you really can’t blame these antiquity-lovers for their chronic condition. After all, you’re in advertising and are largely responsible for keeping the old ideas alive. I say “advertising” only because that’s the modern term for it, but back in the good old days when we called things by their right names, there was an entire division of government devoted to this purpose: “The Ministry of Propaganda.”

Now we call it “advertising” for obvious reasons, but call it what you will: advertising, propaganda, public relations, indoctrination, lobbying, disinformation, brainwashing, spin, mind control, or read more >>>

Source : HuffingtonPost.Com