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I haven't and I'm watching it now. But so far I think I disagree with more than I agree with. People that this political vantage point are quite a long ways from where I am standing.

He seems in the first 10 minutes to imply he supports collective action revolutionaries, or at least that he was disappointed that they didn't rise up and overthrow... banks? Revolutions happen from time to time and the only good is that ossification is removed. Generally they don't represent the majority, cause a lot of instability and violence. For example in Ukraine 2014 those people yanked Ukraine out of Russia's orbit leading to the devastation of today. Great job, revolutionaries! The Russian ones in 1917 instituted socialism/communism that made Russia poor. Great job, revolutionaries! The recently one in Syria put ISIS in power.

I don't think banks wishing to collect on their investments represents a new form of political power. It is a very old form of power. It used to be normal to have indentured servants, people who couldn't pay you back that you got to control as slaves until they worked off their debt.

I'm more aligned with Aristotle. All we see today was understood by Aristtotle back in the day. Polity, democracy being a degenerate form; aristocracy; oligarchy being a degenerate form, etc.

I don't think we live in a "strange time". I think all times appear strange when you are living through them.

I'll keep watching.

Dissident Sound 10mo ago

Hypernormalisation was BBC anti-trump propaganda "documentary"

they start off with some random historical facts as these films always do to give themselves an air of respectability and make it seem like you're watching something educational but once they softened you up they just clobber you with the programming

it's a standard trick - all "documentaries" use this. they're all propaganda. they gain your trust and then use it to fuck you in the ass.

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d0708145... 10mo ago

Listen, I know you and Mike like to have a little joust, I'm not getting drawn into it. I found the content quite interesting and there's really not much I could pick holes in it. The world is a mad fucked up place and we're ALL being manipulated in one way or another, and I think that's all he was trying to say. Nobody, not even "The top" politicians have a fucking clue what is going on. It's all The Deep State and people in the shadows. Certainly not the plebs like Mike, yourself and I🤷🏻‍♂️. As Mike says, we all have differing opinions about myriad of things, but equally, I think the 3 of us are reasonably well informed and we insulate/educate ourselves, the best way we can.

Mike Dilger ☑️ 10mo ago

I'm glad I'm watching it and I thank you for pointing it out. Some of the stuff is new to me and I'll have to check up on.

Yes my OP included Kissinger so I get why you thought of this thing.

d0708145... 10mo ago

Like i say, it's not perfect but I just found it thought-provoking about the nature of what we're told, what we're not told and the inferences we draw.

Mike Dilger ☑️ 10mo ago

It's all over the place this thing. He talks about how Kissinger pissed off Assad, how suicide bombing got started. He talks about Russians all pretending Russia was ok when it was not. He talks about cyberspace and LSD in a very stupid way. It is entertaining, whether you learn some fact or whether you just laugh at the strange connection that Adam Curtis thinks he has made. And it comes from a confused left-wing revoluationary perspective. The cyberspace part is hilariously dumb.