The name Joseph Goebbels became a hot topic on social media after Vice President Jejomar Binay keeps on mentioning his name during the second presidential debates held in Cebu City on Sunday. The Vice President stated that his political rivals Sen. Grace Poe and former DILG Sec. Mar Roxas were disciples of the man.
For those people who are interested on knowing the real identity of Joseph Goebbels, the man was very popular during the days of the German leader Adolph Hitler. Joseph Goebbels was the chief propagandist of the Nazi Regime in Germany. He was tasked by the government of Hitler to represent the Nazi leader to the m(–foul word(s) removed–) in the most favorable light.
Joseph Goebbels was responsible in regulating all German media, from newspapers, radio, film, theatre, literature, music and arts. He was also accused of burning books that were considered “un-German.”
The veteran political figure was infamous for having supposedly said, ““If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”
As part of their response to VP Binay’s allegations linking them to the famous Joseph Goebbels, Mar Roxas noted that the Vice President was the one who knew and followed Goebbels because he brought up the issue several times during the 2016 presidential debates in Cebu City.
Maybe Binay is adopting Goebbels ” half lie half truth system”. The system is If you want to make a lie, you should include some truth to it. In this way you can make your lie part of the truth.