Propaganda is everywhere, regardless of the human gaze. It is the basis of almost all governments. But as other governments are worse than the US government, the situation is worse in other parts of the world. The role of propaganda in a totalitarian government is very important, especially when compared to a democratic type government, mainly because democracies generally do not want to control every aspect of life. Information or ideas disseminated by an organized group or government to influence people's opinions, including by not giving all the facts or covertly emphasizing that only one way of seeing the facts is what propaganda ("propaganda") is. Cambridge Dictionaries). So basically it's the government making people believe what they want them to know. These simple truths determine the underlying or guiding principles of democratic propaganda. Some propagandists use name-calling as a way to condemn and reject other races, religions, nations, political parties, or candidates running for office in a political party. To do this, all the propagandist has to do is give a bad name to the candidate, race, religion, nation or political party. People, no matter how gullible, will probably take the name literally and completely trust the propagandist. People will react almost automatically to a bad reputation, almost as if they were taught as little children to never trust that race, religion, nation, political party or candidate (“Propaganda – good and bad – for democracy” para. 5). Name calling is the most common propaganda trick. Propagandists will always resort to name calling because it is easy and has always been used. But the trick of "glittering generalities" is almost as common in the case of the noun-c...... middle of paper...... it populates the truth of the whole. Democracies, however, use propaganda to persuade a person of one thing or another, and they must always have some truth in the lies they feed people. Works Cited "Cambridge Dictionaries Online". Cambridge Dictionaries Online. Np, nd Web.1 April 2014. “Democracy”. Student resources. Np, and Web. March 30, 2014. “Democracy in the Middle East.” Student resources. Np, and Web. March 30, 2014. “Democratic propaganda against enemy propaganda.” American Historical Association. Np, ndWeb. April 2, 2014. “Nazi Fascism and the Modern Totalitarian State.” Nazi fascism and the modern totalitarian state. Np, and Web. April 1, 2014. “Propaganda – good and bad – for democracy.” Survey chart. Np, and Web. April 4, 2014. “Totalitarianism.” Student resources in context. Np, and Web. March 26. 2014.