Edward Bernays, father of modern marketing and nephew of Sigmund Freud wrote, “Those who manipulate the unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of...in almost every act of our lives whether in the sphere of politics or business in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires that control the public mind, who harness old social forces and contrive new ways to bind and guide the world.” He also admitted, “Whatever of social importance is done today, whether in politics, finance, manufacture, agriculture, charity, education, or other fields, must be done with the help of propaganda. Propaganda is the executive arm of the invisible government.” This “invisible government,” he says, “tends to be concentrated in the hands of the few because of the expense of manipulating the social machinery which controls the opinions and habits of the masses.”

Two important passages on the influence of social media oligopolies on the mind of the society and the extent of their power.

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Thanks

20 min until OH-12 RESULTS!

@Ghawk

3 minutes until polls close

@Deleted User I will be on in a few, I still need to workout and take a shower

I need to lift, too.

Whats the OH elections importance

I've been skimping out on lifting in these recent bits.

Indeed.

@Nate OH-12 could be regarded as a bellwether for Nov 6

http://thejacknews.com/politics/elections/2018/gary-johnson-puts-new-mexico-senate-race-in-play/

if O'Connor wins, it's very bad news for the GOP

if Balderson wins by a slight margin, it's still not so good

only good news is if he breaks double digit margins

Nah.

If he wins by 5 it's great news.

If he wins by 2-3 it's still an improvement over recent results.

RESULTS IN 15 MINUTESRESULTS IN 15 MINUTESRESULTS IN 15 MINUTESRESULTS IN 15 MINUTESRESULTS IN 15 MINUTESRESULTS IN 15 MINUTES

Oh boy

https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/kansas-house-district-4-primary-election

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alexislevinson/ron-estes-congress-kansas-election

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/voters-double-kansas-congressional-race-ron-estes-faces/story?id=57090460

https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article215663700.html

"On one side you have incumbent Rep. Ron G. Estes, who was the state treasurer before winning a special election to go to Washington last year.

Opposing him is Ron M. Estes, an aerospace engineer who helped piece together the International Space Station."

M for Misleading

How are things going so far?

Ron Estes is a complete cuck

The rep is very based.

I don't think this discussion will ever end.

@FLanon how are the results so far, have they been posted yet?

DUDE

OMG

60 POINT LEAD FOR OCONNER

IT'S OVERRRR

I got scared for a sec