Controlled Media

How the Nazis controlled the people by controlling their sources of information.
After the Nazis came to power they realized that they needed to keep the masses on board with their plans. How? How can this be accomplished?

Before Goebbels nationalized the media there were nine papers. Some were independently owned, family-owned, and two were owned by organizations. They didn't all hold the same opinion. On October 4, 1933, Editor's Law was passed and went into effect on January 1, 1934. What was this and why should we know about it?

Editor's Law gave Joseph Goebbels complete control of the media. How?
Only those who could prove they were Aryan. Thus non-Aryan and Jewish journalists became unemployed.
You had to tow the Nazi line. There couldn't be any dissent at all. No opposing opinions were going to be tolerated.

Over the last few years, we've witnessed a push to ban TikTok. Why? The common narrative is that it's a threat to national security. That's flat-out bullshit. The truth is that Generation Z is going to TikTok and finding information about events in Gaza which they won't find on lamestream media here in America. Generation Z is learning about events from people on the ground who are from areas like Gaza. Truth is this, TikTok has NO presence in China. So, an app that was created by a man who was born and raised in Singapore with ancestors from China, has been accused of harvesting data of Americans for a country that doesn't allow it in their borders. You can't make this level of stupidity up.

As I said above, the first thing Joseph Goebbels did was get control over the media, so the Germans only got the approved information. This is why they, for the most part, didn't know about the horrors being committed in their names. They only got good news, like the falling unemployment rate, and battles Germany had won, like the bloodless annexation of Austria. They no longer had access to outside sources of information.

What to hell does this have to do with now? Goebbels started with newspapers and moved out little by little he got control of every source of information the Germans heard before it was printed or aired. This is what is happening now. The government already controls what the lamestream media talks about and the perspective they take. When the internet came along, we peasants had another source of information. One they didn't fully control. Until now. VPNs are told where they can and can't be included in their net locations. They can only have “safe” locations. Meaning, we peasants don’t get information they haven't approved. Back to square one.

References

Nazi Germany’s Schriftleitergesetz: The End of Freedom of the Press. (2021, October 4). Arolsen Archives. Retrieved January 19, 2025, from https://arolsen-archives.org/en/news/nazi-germanys-schriftleitergesetz-the-end-of-freedom-of-the-press/
Oxford Academic. (1950, 01 01). Goebbels' Principles of Propaganda. Oxford Academic. Retrieved 01 19, 2025, from https://academic.oup.com/poq/article-abstract/14/3/419/1832014
YouTube (Director). (2022). Goebbels: Master of Propaganda Documentary [Film]. The People's Profiles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkGEHhM2KsE