It is precisely the purpose of the public opinion generated by the press to make the public incapable of judging, to insinuate into it the attitude of someone irresponsible, uninformed.


Reflections: essays, aphorisms, autobiographical writing (ed. Schocken, 1986)

Walter Benjamin Quotes

It is precisely the purpose of the public opinion generated by the press to make the public incapable of judging, to insinuate into it the attitude...

It is precisely the purpose of the public opinion generated by the press to make the public incapable of judging, to insinuate into it the attitude...

It is precisely the purpose of the public opinion generated by the press to make the public incapable of judging, to insinuate into it the attitude...

It is precisely the purpose of the public opinion generated by the press to make the public incapable of judging, to insinuate into it the attitude...