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Previously on, not all propaganda is art.

People are given, a whole mass of things to enjoy,

and a whole mass of things that liberate them,

washing machines, all the contraptions and gadgets that we've got. things that

liberate them washing machines all the contraptions and gadgets that we've got all bind us more and

more not to a freedom in which we can do what we like and exploit ourselves

however we like but more and more to the

grind, we've got to earn more money and so are less free.

We underestimate the strength and importance of working class culture if we think it can disappear before the impact of the washing machine.

Almost everything in our advertising in connection with almost any product,

whether it's food or an automobile or an automatic washing machine,

is designed to make everyone more sexually attractive. Welcome to the ninth and final installment of not all propaganda is art.

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