The Empty Mirror
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Hitler: Read the last sentence
back to me.

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Typist: ''We made the sound
so overwhelming,

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the attitude so certain,
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the level of force so high,
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the spectacle so grand,
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that no one could see
anything at the center

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but the symbolism.''
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Yes. Good.
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The symbolism
at the center.

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Like the sun,
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nobody could look at me
without the pain

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and punishment of blindness.
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Number two!
The receptivity of the masses

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is unlimited,
yet their understanding

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is feeble.
They quickly forget.

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Three!
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The masses tell each other
small lies.

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lt could never come
into their heads

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to create colossal tales.
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Thus, bold myths work best.
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Four.
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Effective propaganda must be
confined to stereotypes.

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Always focus people's
attention on a single foe.

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To have multiple enemies
confuses people.

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My genius was the combining
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of two enemies--
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Jews and Marxism--
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into one.
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Jewish Marxism...
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the synthesis
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that was the key
to my success.

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Weave this in:
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Crude simplifications
endlessly repeated

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will influence the supple.
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Goebbel's realm.

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