
Part One: Edward Bernays: The Founding Father of Lies
Behind the Bastards
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Do You Have a Big Head?
In 1928, American Tobacco Company head George Washington Hill came up with the slogan "Reach for a Lucky instead of a sweet" Since being skinny had just come into vogue, if he could convince women that cigarettes would help them lose weight, he could get them super fucking addicted to tobacco. Don Draper is kind of based on Edward Bernays except without the whole square head thing.
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