See: "Gallant Gallstone" and Ellsworth Toohey

In the novel "The Fountainhead" one of the many ways the central villain leads, guides, directs, and mocks people and ideas is through the use of a rather loathsome novel. Countless "clever" references abound throughout mass media and begin to snowball. Illustrates the subtle ways in which the puppetmasters pull the strings to sway and control the masses.

"Kill by laughter. Laughter is an instrument of human joy. Learn to use it as a weapon of destruction. Turn it into a sneer. It's simple. Tell them to laugh at everything. Tell them that a sense of humor is an unlimited virtue. Don't let anything remain sacred in a man’s soul---and his soul won't be sacred to him. Kill reverence and you've killed the hero in man. One doesn't reverence with a giggle."

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