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Part One: Edward Bernays: The Founding Father of Lies

Behind the Bastards

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You Can't Escape It. Yeah.

I wish that fathers were still pushing their kids to do the same shit as them. That's what a fun trend that was for most of human history. I wound up completely accidentally in the same career field my dad was in without ever meaning to because he was a radio guy for 30 years. And now look at look at fucking me, you're on your goddamn microphone and your Raytheon mansion. You can't escape it. The world might be better off if he had done that.

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