Who Listens
As the quantity of propaganda becomes greater, ideas are presented in more
strident tones in order to overcome the increased competition. Those who
are the targets of the propaganda find it more difficult to discern between
or analyze the new and expanded pressures. The concomitant situation which 
develops with the stepped-up propaganda is one in which the individual 
retreats into a state of lassitude. He has an aversion to all attempts to 
influence him. So we can see the intrinsic weakness inherent in an increased
level of propaganda. It has the deleterious result of reducing its efficacy
upon the individuals or groups who were its objective.


swan song--The ex-champion said that if he lost this fight it would be
his swan song.
(final or last(swan are said to sing before they die))