Then you might be interested in this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Engineering_of_Consent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Engineering_of_Consent Th

Then you might be interested in this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Engineering_of_Consent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Engineering_of_Consent The advertising industry comes from war propaganda from what I understand. So using advertising to sell goods is actually much more recent than using these methods to manipulate political views...