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Anne Bernays describes his elitist, progressive POV
===The Century of the Self===
===The Century of the Self===
In 2002, the [[BBC]] developed a four-part series about Bernays titled ''The Century of the Self'', which details some of Bernays' methods and some background in psychoanalysis.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0432232/ The Century of the Self]</ref>
In 2002, the [[BBC]] developed a four-part series about Bernays titled ''The Century of the Self'', which details some of Bernays' methods and some background in psychoanalysis.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0432232/ The Century of the Self]</ref>
===Views===
Anne Bernays, Edward's daughter, described his viewpoint this way:
* "Democracy to my father was a wonderful concept, but I don't think he felt that all those publics out there had reliable judgment, and that they very easily might vote for the wrong man or want the wrong thing; so that they had to be guided from above. It's enlightened despotism in a sense."
She also recalled his frequent use of the word "stupid":
* "The people who worked for him were stupid, the children were stupid, and if people did things in a way that he wouldn't have done them, they were stupid. It was a word that he used over and over: "don't be stupid". And the masses? - They were stupid."<ref>Century of the Self 1, 28:30 - 32:20</ref>
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==Quotes==