The Institute for Propaganda Analysis was set up before WW2 to teach the american public about propaganda. Many academics and researchers sought to educate the

The Institute for Propaganda Analysis was set up before WW2 to teach the american public about propaganda. Many academics and researchers sought to educate the people in the face of mainly foreign related propaganda. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_Propaganda_Analy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_Propaganda_Analy... It was abolished because the Americans wanted to go to war and use propaganda themselves. In other words, the USA had a national program to educate the public about harmful ideas and misinformation, to see the signs and to resist but they abolished it because they wanted to do misinformation on their own people. --- Today we see "nudging" being used to manipulate. All our governments (and corporations and charities) seek to control our behaviour against our conscious wills. They won't easily give up their toolbox of tricks. Especially when the tricks actually work!