It can be difficult to see the difference between activism and #propaganda. Lines are oft blurred.

A #BBC documentary from 2002, The Century Of the Self, is a quality primer. Students ought to know some of the basic methods of indocrination outlined in this documentary before they finish #highSchool.

I2P TORRENT AVAILABLE

We should not be ashamed to ask questions and pose hypotheses. Doing so doesn't make you #paranoic, it makes you #careful, and importantly, #human.

#TheCenturyOfTheSelf

@augustus
^^^ This. But the websites are often not as "Russian" as you might think. *coughflare*

Some people use #VPNs, but they seem redundant/questionable. Tor and #torrenting over #I2P is a preference of ours these days.

(As an aside, we can't speak for the BBC productions recently but we like to mention an #AdamCurtis documentary produced mostly pre-911, titled #TheCenturyOfTheSelf (4x 1 hr episodes) and available on invidious instances via:

INVIDIOUS_URL/watch?v=DnPmg0R1M04
)

@witchescauldron @hamishcampbell
The best documentary we've seen on #postmodernism and much more is the #TheCenturyOfTheSelf by #AdamCurtis (#BBC 2002).

Its four one-hour episodes but its highly detailed and entertaining. It should be required viewing for high-school #historyClasses. Teens will no doubt get a #laugh from the constant references to 'deep, primitive #sexual urges', haha.

Seriously though, it features many topics for further #study:
https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=DnPmg0R1M04

What role did the #WorldsFair play in serving the interests of #corporatists in the 60s and 70s. Why might the #globalist cabal work to revive a so-called #WorldsFair2p0?

Skip to Episode 03 of #TheCenturyOfTheSelf (2002, Adam Curtis):
https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=DnPmg0R1M04

Far from being a "grassroots" movement, you'll quickly see why the #stenographers of power like #CameronWiess are again lobbying for an opportunity to showcase #corporations and their #technoFixes.

#astroturf

What role did the #WorldsFair play in serving the interests of #corporatists in the 60s and 70s. Why might the #globalist cabal working to revive a so-called #WorldsFair2p0?

Skip to Episode 03 of #TheCenturyOfTheSelf (2002, Adam Curtis):
https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=DnPmg0R1M04

Far from being a "grassroots" movement, you'll quickly see why the #stenographers of power like #CameronWiess are again lobbying for an opportunity to showcase #corporations and their #technoFixes.

#astroturf

If you are interested in learning more about the corporate #baitAndSwitch in the rebellious 1960s and 70s, check out the #AdamCurtis documentary series, #TheCenturyOfTheSelf.

Its very revealing.

@witchescauldron
The original article shared above spoke poorly of RT.

That's why we started talking about it in brackets.

The above is a good video. Why these people don't use #CorporateTotalitarianism, #CorporateFascism or simply #Corporatism is an oversight.

We will need to watch the other four in the series.

The film, #Obey (2013) does a great job.

Also #TheCenturyOfTheSelf by filmmaker #AdamCurtis, highlights how the citizen was manipulated into a #consumer using various…1/2

@zzz
The 4-part #documentary series by #AdamCurtis, #TheCenturyOfTheSelf, is very good at showing how we've been conditioned from #citizen to #consumer with so-called #infinateNeeds. See our previous hashtagged post for the link.

#PlanetOfTheHumans shows the #WallStreet side of #greenWashing. See "PlayStation 2 Wars" articles also.

See rare articles in TheGuardian about the #sandMafia that underpins the #upNotOut #highrise #overdevelopment and the moguls like #Trump, they produce.
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@liaizon

@dredmorbius
All great points. #RichardStallman talked about the dangerous trend towards #plutocracy recently on an interview he gave on #RT.

The part about the #swingVoter is true. The #powerElite have refined tactics to understanding the swing voter so they can #manipulate them. Some of the #psychological techniques are covered in the fourth and final episode in #AdamCurtis' series, titled #TheCenturyOfTheSelf (2002, #BBC).
@pluralistic

@strypey
The 90's was when the "#democrats" and "#labour" parties started abusing #surveys to profile #swingvoters in earnest.

Its been a veritable shitshow ever since.

(Source: #TheCenturyOfTheSelf, 2002, #AdamCurtis, 3h59m)

#neoliberalism #powerElite #stenographersOfPower #culturalElite #rupertMurdoch #massMedia #television #manufacturingOfConsent

@inherit_indigo

In light of these reflections (pun intended), this came to mind: https://thoughtmaybe.com/the-century-of-the-self/ #TheCenturyOfTheSelf #AdamCurtis #2002

#Enjoy!

@dredmorbius @Ca_Gi @ilcronomaestro@mastodon.bida.im
If ever you wish to re-engage our door is open.

Its important that progressives do you fragment over details in the face of the broad strokes of #neoliberalism and #corporatism.

Before the #BBC (ABC in #Australia) turned to mush, they produced this series about the insidious figures behind so-called "#publicRelations".

It's titled #TheCenturyOfTheSelf (2002):
https://invidio.us/watch?v=DnPmg0R1M04

An intensely enlightening work.

@RunningInCircles

@orbifx@mstdn.io

#Rethink is one that we like to add to the start.

Have you seen the 2002 documentary, The Century Of the Self? Sometimes behaviours persist in the culture because we don't question where the original ideas came from.

Sometimes a rethink is needed.

#TheCenturyOfTheSelf #documentary