In 'Necessary #: thought control in democratic societies' !Chomsky talks about 'political power using # to distort and # from major issues to maintain confusion and #, preventing real democracy from becoming effective', "As a genre of political thought, parallels exist between #'s "necessary illusions" and the "noble lies" of Leo #, "public relations" of Edward # and "myth making" of Niccolò #" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necessary_Illusions cc @question