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Century of the Self
- dtagames 5y agoInteresting BBC documentary from 2002 that I came across last night... about the influence of Freud and modern psychology in consumerism and politics. Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ3RzGoQC4s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ3RzGoQC4s
- twox2 5y agoI liked this series. Pretty eye opening stuff.
- taurath 5y agoIts really worth a watch for the narrative that it spins, and gives a really critical eye to mass media and the intellectual underpinnings of manufacturing of consent. That said its hard to agree with the through-line of a sort of malevolence, drawing almost a direct line between Goebbels and Tide ads. Still, anything that makes one think critically about the impact of advertising and propaganda has some value
- dtagames 5y agoMy thoughts exactly. The attempt to "draw a line" between all these practices over decades seems like a failure. It is clear, however, that businesses and governments have continued used these same ideas in various forms and with various kinds of spin in order to goad people into buying products and ideas. I thought it was interesting that the same ideas were repackaged and relabeled numerous times, often even flipped on their heads, and then reused by a new, competing political party or product.