7. The Constitution of the Invisible Government

"Propaganda," the 1928 book by Edward L. Bernays, is, in many respects, a manual on how the modern world really works. Bernays describes how, through continuous psychological projects, the masses are manipulated to fall in line and, in his words, "regiment" themselves to the benefit of (again, in his words) an "invisible government." He argues that this regimentation of the common mind facilitates the smooth operation of society, wherein "our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." The study of propaganda is paramount to the understanding of Utopianism - the pursuit of the ideal society. And there is nowhere better to begin the oh-so necessary study of propaganda than with Edward L. Bernays's famous book.

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