Arguments Against Propaganda

This point of view sounds convincing at first because this propaganda poster amongst many others lead to the women rights movement which was a movement that impacted society in a positive way. However, the true sole purpose of the poster was to make factory work more acceptable for women. The “We can do it!” poster was not illustrated to provide women with a positive image of what it was to be at work. Before World War II, women had to work outside the home as there was no men to do the hard jobs. The need for another income was already a fact of American life in the 19th Century. The poster just asked women to work for men something that inevitably had to be done for the sake of the economy. By no means was this poster aimed to ask women to
Though it can be put to positive use, propaganda is, by and large, an evil tool that the world would be a better place without. This tool has the power to harm us again in the future as history always tends to repeat itself. Impacting several aspects of Religion, circumstances from the past are vast to occur subsequently as leaders are always seeking for the control and power of the minds. Like Martin Luther for instance who spread anti-semitism and racial statements that took away sanctified power from the Church. Leading to many followers of the church to rebel causing disunity to our society. Another facet of propaganda is the impact it had on war. More specifically World War II, Adolf Hitler’s main tool for his Nazi campaign was propaganda. A terrorizing arm that promotes following others blindly which can lead to indescribable disaster and suffering. The Holocaust remains proof of the dangers that propaganda delivers/ If someone can control public opinion then they have all the power. A government cannot have power if it does not have the support of the public. In order to win the support of the public propaganda is used to promote the government and the purposes behind it. Propaganda can be one of the main weapons used in psychological warfare and can significantly affect the outcome of the war. Today Propaganda is highly used by world leaders to keep us ignorant. Propaganda can influence people to believe a certain ideology whether that ideology is right or wrong. One could only spread awareness for the past mistakes with the negligent use of propaganda. One could only hope that the future uses of propaganda will serve to limit fighting and be used to prevent wars not start them. The issues concerning propaganda are complicated and almost infinite to address altogether but it is