Here begins an investigative analysis initially published in Dec. 28, 2014, and republished with an introduction Friday by Consortium News. — MCM

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The victory of ‘perception management’

By Robert Parry  | Consortium News

To understand how the American people find themselves trapped in today’s Orwellian dystopia of endless warfare against an ever-shifting collection of “evil” enemies, you have to think back to the Vietnam War and the shock to the ruling elite caused by an unprecedented popular uprising against that war.

While on the surface Official Washington pretended that the mass protests didn’t change policy, a panicky reality existed behind the scenes, a recognition that a major investment in domestic propaganda would be needed to ensure that future imperial adventures would have the public’s eager support or at least its confused acquiescence.

This commitment to what the insiders called . . . READ MORE . . .

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Reporter Robert Parry (1949 – 2018) founded Consortium News in 1995. He broke many of the Iran-Contra stories for The Associated Press and Newsweek in the 1980s.