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Lodestar

(2,388 posts)
Sat Feb 6, 2016, 03:27 AM Feb 2016

More on propaganda and collective insanity

Last edited Sat Feb 6, 2016, 06:28 AM - Edit history (3)

If you have limited time you might want to skip to 48:10 of the first video which discusses the 2016 election.

Propaganda and Collective Insanity - Blind Spots and the Illusion of Choice




Propaganda and Manipulation


Forbidden psychology and its eight taboos: a conversation about psyche, soul, and the new physics
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More on propaganda and collective insanity (Original Post) Lodestar Feb 2016 OP
Whoa... chalky Feb 2016 #1
Most, even on "our side" of the fence, do not realize how much our media is now propagandized newthinking Feb 2016 #2
thanks for posting these. I have one bbgrunt Feb 2016 #3
I noticed that too but then saw in the comments below the first video Lodestar Feb 2016 #4
Check out Jerry Kroth's other videos on youtube Lodestar Feb 2016 #5

chalky

(3,297 posts)
1. Whoa...
Sat Feb 6, 2016, 10:39 AM
Feb 2016
Very interesting. Was only going to skip to the part you mentioned in the first video, but got drawn in and ended up watching the whole thing. Bookmarking so I can watch the second one later. Great find!

newthinking

(3,982 posts)
2. Most, even on "our side" of the fence, do not realize how much our media is now propagandized
Sat Feb 6, 2016, 01:41 PM
Feb 2016

Soft Tyranny through social manipulation *is* the "new thing" that governments and power players are plunging us into and most of the population is very unaware of how subtle, scientific, and powerful it is.

Most of us think of the kind of Propaganda they applied in years past, which was quite primitive and transparent compared to what is in place today. With modern social manipulation they can use millions of people to unwittingly embrace and enforce that which previous authoritarian states had to use much more forceful measures to achieve.



It doesn't look like this anymore:





bbgrunt

(5,281 posts)
3. thanks for posting these. I have one
Sat Feb 6, 2016, 08:44 PM
Feb 2016

caveat regarding the political choices afforded us. The professor includes Sanders as one of the candidates belonging to the 1%--which is not true. According to net worth calculations, the Senator has a net worth of about $600K. (http://www.fullnetworth.com/bernie-sanders-net-worth/)

Otherwise, I applaud his exposure of the blind spots and manipulations we are subjected to through the corporate media.

Lodestar

(2,388 posts)
4. I noticed that too but then saw in the comments below the first video
Sat Feb 6, 2016, 08:51 PM
Feb 2016

on the youtube page, that someone asked him about Sanders. His answer was
that Bernie was his choice!!!! I hope Bernie will avoid small planes....as I recall
another senator from Minnesota who espoused similar values and revolution.

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