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> Major Theodore S. Geisel was in charge of a Psychological
> Warfare operation which produced some of the most virulent
> racist propaganda of World War II. Even if you have never seen
> any of his wartime work, you are familiar with him. He may
> have helped teach you to read when you were a child, in fact.
>
> You know Maj. Geisel as ... Dr. Suess.
During WWII, Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict and many others were
asked to prove that the Japanese were NOT descended from the apes.
The point was obviously to paint them as totally non-human. Of
course, it failed because it was impossible to prove such a thing.
--
Socialism never took root in America because the
poor there see themselves not as an exploited
proletariat but as temporarily embarassed
millionaires. - John Steinbeck
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