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https://youtu.be/x1bX3F7uTrg https://youtu.be/x1bX3F7uTrg obligatry response whenever anything by Adam Curtis is offered up. Sorry, I'm largely of the opinion t

by bloqs 4y ago

https://youtu.be/x1bX3F7uTrg https://youtu.be/x1bX3F7uTrg obligatry response whenever anything by Adam Curtis is offered up. Sorry, I'm largely of the opinion that it is (well made) boomer-aimed catastrophe porn designed to give the viewer a smug sense of having "esoteric knowledge".

colordrops 4y ago
There is some truth to this parody, but there is also a lot to learn from Century of Self, if you weren't already aware of, say, Edward Bernaise and his role in American society. Now his doc HyperNormalisation, I took nothing away from it, but oh boy was it an amazing way to spend the evening. The music and imagery is fricking amazing.
- nyolfen 4y ago
  i think you should watch it again. i feel like it has become significantly more relevant since it was released.
ckw 4y ago
Adam Curtis likes the parody.
ethbr0 4y ago
> boomer-aimed catastrophe porn designed to give the viewer a smug sense of having "esoteric knowledge" I'll just balance it out with some TED optimism porn.
- itronitron 4y ago
  opens arms
  - woleium 4y ago
    https://youtu.be/_ZBKX-6Gz6A https://youtu.be/_ZBKX-6Gz6A
agumonkey 4y ago
I thought I was the only one feeling this way.
memonkey 4y ago
Yeah, I tend to agree. I've watched a couple and they ask pretty good questions if the answers he gives require some additional research/critical thinking/knowledge of history. The last documentary I watched, Hypernormalization, seemed to give platform to and justify the need for _more_ individualism via Trump-esque critique on Leftist ideologue. That is totally fine, but I can see how people can watch his documentaries accept many of the leaps in logic.
bmitc 4y ago
Nearly anything can be parodied in such a way to apparently diminish thentarget of the parody.
ZeroGravitas 4y ago
https://arquivo.pt/wayback/20151114022454/http://laurencetennant.com/bonds/pandorasdocs.html https://arquivo.pt/wayback/20151114022454/http://laurenceten... Is a much more worrying link that should be obligatory when he comes up. Curtis is heavily linked to the "Living Marxism" crowd, who started as the journal of the "Revolutionary Communist Party" in the UK which mutated into "Spiked" the extreme right-wing libertarian clique that pop up everywhere in the UK press. And appear to be some kind of personality cult around a guy who co-wites some of the documentaries. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Furedi https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Furedi He appears to be some weird Tony Blair/Jordan Peterson hybrid. > George Monbiot has elicited an admission from the managing editor of Spiked Online that they have received $300,000 in funding from the Charles Koch Foundation,[11] a fact not declared on their website.[12] He has accused Furedi of overseeing extreme right-wing libertarian campaigns "against gun control, against banning tobacco advertising and child pornography, and in favour of global warming, human cloning and freedom for corporations". Monbiot also accuses him of leading entryism of ex-RCPers into "key roles in the formal infrastructure of public communication used by the science and medical establishment", to pursue an agenda in favour of genetic engineering.[13] The journalist Nick Cohen has described the RCP as a "weird cult"[14] whose Leninist discipline, disruptive behaviour and selfish publicity-seeking have remained unaltered during the various tactical shifts in the face it presents to the wider world.[15] Someone should make a documentary about them, how do you go politically from actively celebrating the deaths of British soldiers to pushing for Brexit? There's got to be some amazing back story in that, and there's loads of "No way" moments.

by bloqs 4y ago

colordrops 4y ago

There is some truth to this parody, but there is also a lot to learn from Century of Self, if you weren't already aware of, say, Edward Bernaise and his role in American society. Now his doc HyperNormalisation, I took nothing away from it, but oh boy was it an amazing way to spend the evening. The music and imagery is fricking amazing.

nyolfen 4y ago
i think you should watch it again. i feel like it has become significantly more relevant since it was released.

ckw 4y ago

Adam Curtis likes the parody.

ethbr0 4y ago

> boomer-aimed catastrophe porn designed to give the viewer a smug sense of having "esoteric knowledge" I'll just balance it out with some TED optimism porn.

itronitron 4y ago
opens arms
- woleium 4y ago
  https://youtu.be/_ZBKX-6Gz6A https://youtu.be/_ZBKX-6Gz6A

agumonkey 4y ago

I thought I was the only one feeling this way.

memonkey 4y ago

Yeah, I tend to agree. I've watched a couple and they ask pretty good questions if the answers he gives require some additional research/critical thinking/knowledge of history. The last documentary I watched, Hypernormalization, seemed to give platform to and justify the need for _more_ individualism via Trump-esque critique on Leftist ideologue. That is totally fine, but I can see how people can watch his documentaries accept many of the leaps in logic.

bmitc 4y ago

Nearly anything can be parodied in such a way to apparently diminish thentarget of the parody.

ZeroGravitas 4y ago

https://arquivo.pt/wayback/20151114022454/http://laurencetennant.com/bonds/pandorasdocs.html https://arquivo.pt/wayback/20151114022454/http://laurenceten... Is a much more worrying link that should be obligatory when he comes up. Curtis is heavily linked to the "Living Marxism" crowd, who started as the journal of the "Revolutionary Communist Party" in the UK which mutated into "Spiked" the extreme right-wing libertarian clique that pop up everywhere in the UK press. And appear to be some kind of personality cult around a guy who co-wites some of the documentaries. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Furedi https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Furedi He appears to be some weird Tony Blair/Jordan Peterson hybrid. > George Monbiot has elicited an admission from the managing editor of Spiked Online that they have received $300,000 in funding from the Charles Koch Foundation,[11] a fact not declared on their website.[12] He has accused Furedi of overseeing extreme right-wing libertarian campaigns "against gun control, against banning tobacco advertising and child pornography, and in favour of global warming, human cloning and freedom for corporations". Monbiot also accuses him of leading entryism of ex-RCPers into "key roles in the formal infrastructure of public communication used by the science and medical establishment", to pursue an agenda in favour of genetic engineering.[13] The journalist Nick Cohen has described the RCP as a "weird cult"[14] whose Leninist discipline, disruptive behaviour and selfish publicity-seeking have remained unaltered during the various tactical shifts in the face it presents to the wider world.[15] Someone should make a documentary about them, how do you go politically from actively celebrating the deaths of British soldiers to pushing for Brexit? There's got to be some amazing back story in that, and there's loads of "No way" moments.