How to Control What People ThinkBy Obtain Eudaimonia Bad example at the one minute mark: A good example of propaganda is a campaign to improve pubic health through vaccination. Oops. How about making a decision based on reasoning and open source information? Thats the ideal of a market of ideas where unfettered access creates a constant annealing, feedback-correcting process to find the most accurate and reliable answer. Yes, complete BS. If it is such a great idea, it can stand up to scrutiny based on real history, real facts, etc. It needs propaganda to prop it up because it lacks a solid foundation. Well said. Hi, just for the record the vaccination example is one that Bernays gives in the book, rather than one I created myself. I tried to review the book with a neutral tone throughout. 