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Part One: Edward Bernays: The Founding Father of Lies

Behind the Bastards

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The Fucking King of Using Feminism for Evil

Eddie Bernays office sent out a series of suggested menus to restaurants arranged to save you from the dangers of overeating inevitably the after dinner menus advised reach for a cigarette instead of dessert. He sat down with home techs book writers to stress the importance of cigarettes and home making just as the young and inexperienced housewife is caution not to let her supplies of sugar or salt or tea or coffee run though so should she be advised that the same holds true of cigarettes. I desperately want to house with a cigarette holder built into the cabinets I will start smoking just to be able to use that that sounds fucking awesome. Oh my god they were right. This is such a weird yeah this and

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