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You don't even have to go that far into "far out" behaviour to see this at play. How many people would choose to dress or wear their hair as they do today if it

You don't even have to go that far into "far out" behaviour to see this at play. How many people would choose to dress or wear their hair as they do today if it were not for the prevailing fashions? It's also interesting to reflect on things like gender norms in this context. I definitely feel that I'm Man first and Me second, and I like to think of myself as good at questioning such things.

EGreg 4y ago
Just look at how values are different across societies to get a sense. We are currently fighting wars of what we call democracy vs what we call authoritarianism. In some sense inflamed by them worrying about “woke culture” as presented locally by their media. We support capitalism and react with triggered indignation if someone suggests an alternative too strongly. We used to fight religious wars. And for domestic consumption, the top-down control or manipulation of the media often plays a part. Sometimes they find a way to spin these differences to explain why we must be at war (“they hate us for our freedoms”, or “they just hadn’t had a taste of true democracy”). Other times they spin these differences to inculcate in you a national pride and make you be a good consumer — the “American Dream” comes to mind: 1. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xNzXze5Yza8 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xNzXze5Yza8 But if you want to go further, about how people are controlled here and around the world, by centrally planned movements, I have collected some of the most hard-hitting documentaries most of you have probably never heard Of: 2. Century of the Self (on Burnays and the PR industry): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DnPmg0R1M04 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DnPmg0R1M04 3. Merchants of Cool (marketing to kids) https://www.pbs.org/video/frontline-merchants-cool/ https://www.pbs.org/video/frontline-merchants-cool/ 4. NAM, von Mises and Austrian School: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/04/corporate-america-invented-religious-right-conservative-roosevelt-princeton-117030 https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/04/corporate-am... 5. The Shock Doctrine, Disaster Capitalism (the Chicago School): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aL3XGZ5rreE https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aL3XGZ5rreE And this is just the beginning — without personalized AI!

EGreg 4y ago

Just look at how values are different across societies to get a sense. We are currently fighting wars of what we call democracy vs what we call authoritarianism. In some sense inflamed by them worrying about “woke culture” as presented locally by their media. We support capitalism and react with triggered indignation if someone suggests an alternative too strongly. We used to fight religious wars. And for domestic consumption, the top-down control or manipulation of the media often plays a part. Sometimes they find a way to spin these differences to explain why we must be at war (“they hate us for our freedoms”, or “they just hadn’t had a taste of true democracy”). Other times they spin these differences to inculcate in you a national pride and make you be a good consumer — the “American Dream” comes to mind: 1. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xNzXze5Yza8 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xNzXze5Yza8 But if you want to go further, about how people are controlled here and around the world, by centrally planned movements, I have collected some of the most hard-hitting documentaries most of you have probably never heard Of: 2. Century of the Self (on Burnays and the PR industry): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DnPmg0R1M04 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DnPmg0R1M04 3. Merchants of Cool (marketing to kids) https://www.pbs.org/video/frontline-merchants-cool/ https://www.pbs.org/video/frontline-merchants-cool/ 4. NAM, von Mises and Austrian School: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/04/corporate-america-invented-religious-right-conservative-roosevelt-princeton-117030 https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/04/corporate-am... 5. The Shock Doctrine, Disaster Capitalism (the Chicago School): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aL3XGZ5rreE https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aL3XGZ5rreE And this is just the beginning — without personalized AI!