Five Brothers and a War

Modern Contextual Parallel

To be fair to all sides, this is now a very common way to gain and maintain power. President Ronald Reagan was a master of marketing. When he was busy working to dismantle the Soviet Union, his people were not even slightly above photos showing him to be just an ordinary, common person, who was still young and vibrant.

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Politics is a combination of first getting elected, and then staying elected. Marketing has become far more important than substance in getting hold of power. It is ludicrous to compare Reagan with Hitler, but Hitler’s rise to power was primarily an issue of perception, and

marketing drives perception. Hitler was ahead of his time in masterminding electioneering.

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