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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

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

3. Merchants of Cool (marketing to kids) https://www.pbs.org/video/frontline-merchants-cool/

4. NAM, von Mises and Austrian School: 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

And this is just the beginning — without personalized AI!




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