Everywhere I go these days, all I see is propaganda. No matter how hard I try to ignore the posters, the powerful pictures evoke so many emotions from me. There seems to be a few categories that every single poster fits into: victory bonds, recruitment, Red Cross, and women's roles.
The government encourages citizens to buy victory bonds so that the government can use the money earned from the sales towards the war effort. The government promises to return the loan with interest to the citizens that have purchased victory bonds after winning the war.
After people stopped volunteering to fight for Canada, the government started creating more recruitment propaganda in order to convince more people to join the army. They usually promise glory and adventure or they guilt a person into joining.
Other propaganda posters promote a cause by making people sympathize with it.
It seems as though everywhere we look, we are being told by the government how to act or what to feel. I am not exactly sure how I feel about propaganda. I certainly do wonder if it will still be the same in the future.
Yours truly,
George Wright
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