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Nazi Party Propaganda Analysis

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The main resource for recruitment into the American Nazi Party (ANP), www.americannaziparty.com, is a space where systematics and ideals of the American Nazi Party are gathered. The web page contains reasons to join, the Party Platform, information on the founder, merchandise of their publications, and more. However, much of this information is twisted. The common term for this type of information is propaganda.A reader may expect any party or organization to use some degree of propaganda to encourage its cause, but this site is especially polluted with this indoctrination. Since this is the most accessible way to receive information about the ANP, the image created through this website is very important to the potential growth of the group. …show more content…

For years organizations and parties have been utilizing the techniques of propaganda, but some of the most studied cases are during the Nazi Regime in World War II. However, propaganda is still alive and active in varies groups including American Nazi Party. This organization uses the techniques and skills mastered during Hitler’s reign in order to gain more members or spread their cause. Hitler explains the propaganda he and his Nazi followers used in his well known book, Mein Kampf. He originally used this as a war tactic after studying previous Socialist movement victories. He states that a lack of propaganda can hurt the cause and progress of any spreading group. Its main purpose was to support the “struggle for… human existence.” To summarize the points he makes, propaganda is meant to take the party platform and make it sound beautiful to the common citizen, and in result more people will follow. He uses two life examples to help readers understand. First, this style of writing is compared to a cruel weapon. In war, cruel weapons are only accepted by the public if it speeds up the fighting. Similarly, small lies to convince citizens into believing the Nazi party are okay because they are …show more content…

But the Federation for American Immigration Reform reported in October of 2017 that only 12.5 million illegal immigrants are present in America today. Granted, there is no exact science to calculating the illegal immigrant population, but no government affiliated site has come up with numbers as high as 20 million (Federation for American Immigration Reform). The ANP site claims that this immigration increase will likely lead to low wages and cheap work for all people in America, but no action is expected to be taken from the leaders of America’s “capitalist” government (American Nazi Party). But, the Pew Research Center recently reported that the amount of illegal immigrants in the United States has steadily fallen since 2009 (Passel). The Party states that citizenship laws also give legal immigrants the right to bring all family, including extended members, into the States with them easily, even without their own personal citizenship granted (American Nazi Party). Despite the ability of immigrants to eventually bring family members to the States with them, there is a process of petitioning and forms in order for these people to be welcomed into the States legally. It is correct that they do not need to be documented citizens, but the process required is aimed to eventually make these family members legal (U.S. Department of Homeland Security). The

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