Nazi Germany invented the modern propaganda state, and America perfected it after WWII.

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After defeating Nazi Germany, the U.S. hired Nazi propagandists like Walter Hagen to run Cold War information operations. Techniques developed for Hitler's regime—emotional messaging, enemy dehumanization, selective facts—were incorporated into American media strategy. The Nazis pioneered industrial-scale lying; America industrialized it further. This is why propaganda today feels inevitable: it's based on perfected 80-year-old techniques.

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