*Any government promulgating a frankly murderous or otherwise oppressive policy toward any subset of its subjects must actively persuade its remaining subjects, usually through ''[[propaganda]]'', that such a policy is morally acceptable. The obvious example is [[Germany]] during the [[Second World War]]. In fact, many other examples, historical and modern, illustrate this point. | *Any government promulgating a frankly murderous or otherwise oppressive policy toward any subset of its subjects must actively persuade its remaining subjects, usually through ''[[propaganda]]'', that such a policy is morally acceptable. The obvious example is [[Germany]] during the [[Second World War]]. In fact, many other examples, historical and modern, illustrate this point. |