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I first learned about Bernays from attending a live episode of "Stuff You Should Know" in Los Angeles. The full show was about Edward Bernays. Hair nets and Bananas both owe their popularity to Bernays. The "Stuff You Should Know" podcast that eventually posted nicely covers all the points but I couldn't find it on their website since iHeart Radio bought them and removed their website.

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Also got more women to smoke cigarettes:

More here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torches_of_Freedom

Sinister! Well, great for the tobacco companies. Humanity overall? Not so much.

He paid women to walk and smoke in an Easter Sunday parade, which to me just seems so vile. (the whole thing is vile, but that particular touch seems to me almost diabolical.)

Yes, it surprises me what some are saying positively in this comment thread about Bernays. In my mind he's always been the epitome of evil. And that mustache... Jeez...

This subject always brings to my mind the old "kill marketers" skit by comedian Bill Hicks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHEOGrkhDp0

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