Propaganda is a neverending labyrinth of fascination. The incorporation of art, media, and psychology create a tool that can be used for any purpose, noble or ignoble.
Pictured is a wonderful example of a propaganda style warning leaflet. This is one of many leaflets the Germans dropped on Allied soldiers toward the end of WW2. The leaflets served as both an appeal to reason and a dire warning for those fighting: Go home and live or stay and die a premature, meaningless death. Death is certain. Life is not. Live or die. The choice is yours.
The leaflet also conjures essential questions of human purpose. What is worth living for? What is worth fighting for? Finally, what is worth dying for? The answers to these questions are foundational to a meaningful existence. The cost of these questions is the value of life and the definition of purpose.
There is depth in beautiful simplicity. Your life has worth. Don't waste it.
Pictured is a wonderful example of a propaganda style warning leaflet. This is one of many leaflets the Germans dropped on Allied soldiers toward the end of WW2. The leaflets served as both an appeal to reason and a dire warning for those fighting: Go home and live or stay and die a premature, meaningless death. Death is certain. Life is not. Live or die. The choice is yours.
The leaflet also conjures essential questions of human purpose. What is worth living for? What is worth fighting for? Finally, what is worth dying for? The answers to these questions are foundational to a meaningful existence. The cost of these questions is the value of life and the definition of purpose.
There is depth in beautiful simplicity. Your life has worth. Don't waste it.