According to George Orwell Somali Leaders are Intelligent

[TheLoFather]

" War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent. "

Do you agree with this statement?

[ToughGong]

That's not what that statement means

Psyops targeting US civilians leaders

The latest incident occurred in February 2011 when Rolling Stone Magazine reported that Lieutenant-General. William Caldwell, a three-star general in charge of training troops in Afghanistan, ordered the use of psyops on United States senators.

The significance of this is not what Chris Matthews of MSNBC complained of -- that the general exceeded his proper role of military subservience to civilian leaders.

The real significance rests in the fact that the government is consistently using and developing techniques to control people's minds.

Any tactic, psychological or otherwise, which can be seen as subverting an individual's sense of control over their own thinking, behaviour, emotions or decision making should be exposed.

In 1956, W. Howard Chase, President of the Public Relations Society of America, wrote: "The very presumptuousness of moulding or affecting the human mind through the techniques we use has created a deep sense of uneasiness in our minds."

Chase was referring to techniques used to package and sell products through hidden persuaders in advertising.

Several movies have been made featuring psyop themes. However, as the thinking goes, movies are fictional and therefore not a reflection of reality.
The ability to contact millions through films, TV, newspapers, magazines and the internet is reason to pause to examine the dangers of a growing psyops culture.

The prospects are not encouraging: military information warfare extends to political warfare expanding psychological warfare without defined boundaries.

The best advice offered comes from James Thurber: "Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness."

[Voltage]

" War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent. "

Do you agree with this statement?

I don't know if your English is bad or mine but that quote is saying war prevents people from being intelligent.

War is a way of shattering to pieces...materials [which might otherwise]...make the masses too comfortable [and] too intelligent.

Essentially war is regressive and prevents intelligence and comfort, which are derived from the same materials (as the quote implies) destroyed by war.