By James Garvey
How did we turn out with a global the place ideals are industrially produced via lobbyists and PR enterprises? might Google or fb swing elections? Are new sorts of persuasion making us much less more likely to reside chuffed, respectable lives in an open, peaceable global? Is it too overdue, or do we discover ways to take heed to cause again? The Persuaders is a choice to reassess approximately how we expect now.
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