Socialismand Fascism 171nameof ‘publicopinion’... ”^165 Asidefromthe targetingof a specificethnicgroup,that
sametheoryis presentedintactin the voice-overnarrationthat MikelaJ. Mikaelprovides
inThe Corporation:The PathologicalPursuitof Profitand Power—“In a worldeconomywhere
informationis filteredby globalmediacorporationskeenlyattunedto theirpowerful
advertisers,whowill defendthe public’s rightto know?Andwhatpricemustbe paidto
preserveour abilityto makeinformedchoices?” Mikael’s narrationintonesominously,
“Someof the bestcreativemindsare employedto assureour faithin the corporateworld
view.Theyseduceus withbeguilingillusionsdesignedto divertour mindsand manufac-
tureour consent.”^166 In the samefilmChomskyelaborates,“The goalfor the corporations
is to maximizeprofitandmarketshare.Andtheyalsohavea goalfor theirtarget,the
population.Theyhaveto be turnedinto completelymindlessconsumersof goodstheydo
not want.Youhaveto developwhatare called‘createdwants.’... Youhaveto focusthem
on the insignificantthingsin life, like fashionableconsumption.... We havehugeindus-
tries—publicrelationsis a monstrousindustry—... whichare designed” frominception
to “try to moldpeopleintothisdesiredpattern.”^167 To a liveaudiencein Cambridge,
England,MichaelMooreput it moresimply—“we live in a systemof enforcedignorance.
The waythe mediaworks... it’s all aboutkeepingus stupid.”^168 Whattrivialitiesof life
do the corporatemediadupeconsumersintoobsessingover?Esteemedcorporation-
hatingcrusaderRalphNaderthunderedin a Congressionaltestimony,“Everyday,hun-
dredsof companiesworkwithonethoughtin mind:howto manipulatechildrenand
teenagersto purchasevideogamesandmusic,to watchmoviesandtelevision.In their
questfor largeraudiencesand greaterprofits,the commercialmediapredictablyracesto
the lowestandbaseststandards,withevermoreblatantdisplaysof violence,sex, crass-
ness,and nihilismin television,cable,movies,radio,videogamesand music.”^169
MeinKampfdoesnot quarrelwithChomsky,Nader,andThe Corporationon this issue.
Thenationalsocialistmanifestocomplains,“Ourwholepubliclife todayis likea hot-
housefor sexualideasandstimulations.Justlookat the bill of fareservedup in our
movies,vaudevilleandtheaters,andyouwillhardlybe ableto denythatthis is not the
rightkindof food,particularlyfor the youth.In shopwindowsandbillboardsthe vilest
meansare usedto attractthe attentionof the crowd.Anyonewhohas not lost the ability
to thinkhimselfintotheirsoulmustrealizethatthismustcausegreatdamagein the
youth.... Sometimesthe publiclearnsof courtproceedingswhichpermitshattering
insightsintothe emotionallife of our fourteen-andfifteen-year-olds.Whowillbe sur-
prisedthatevenin theseage-groupssyphilisbeginsto seekits victims?” The onesblam-
ablefor this corruptionof morals,accordingto Hitler,are the Semiticmediamogulswho
offerdebasingimagesto youngconsumersin effortto fleecethem.Amusementsfromthe
Jewishtycoons,the Führeralleges,pre-emptany socialist’s exhortationsto rise up vio-
lentlyagainstthe capitalistclass.The gold-hoardingJew “has his pressgivea pictureof
himwhichis as littlein keepingwithrealityas converselyit serveshis desiredpur-
pose.”^170 Osamabin Ladenvoicesagreement.In his OpenLetterto Americahe rails,
- Youare a nationthatexploitswomenlikeconsumerproductsor advertisingtools
callinguponcustomersto purchasethem.Youuse womento servepassengers,visi-
tors,and strangersto increaseyourprofitmargins.Youthenrantthat you supportthe
liberationof women. - Youare a nationthatpracticesthe tradeof sex in all its forms,directlyand indirectly.
Giantcorporationsand establishmentsare establishedon this,underthe nameof art,
entertainment,tourismand freedom,and otherdeceptivenamesyou attributeto it. - Andbecauseof all this,youhavebeendescribedin historyas a nationthatspreads
diseasesthatwereunknownto manin the past.Go aheadand boastto the nationsof
man,that you broughtthemAIDSas a SatanicAmericanInvention.^171