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A lecture by Noam Chomsky on thought control in democratic societies, covering propaganda and manufacturing consent. The upload has no description.

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@fudgepack992017-12 · in “Lost Einsteins: The Innovations We’re Missing”

>working as intended then ? Yes... the whole of education is to make society ignorant of reality. See here: link Then below... Our brains are much worse at reality and thinking than thought. Science on reasoning: link Protectionism for the rich and big business by state intervention, radical market interference. link Manufacturing consent: ▶ this video link "Intended as an internal document. Good reading to understand the nature of rich democracies and the fact that the common people are not allowed to play a role." Crisis of democracy link Education as ignorance link Testing theories of representative government link

@Umn442016-03 · in “Political Correctness Devours yet Another College, Fighting Over Mini-Sombreros”

>This seems to hint at the problem. You (the left) conflate freedom and equality Actually it's because most people are ignorant. AKA we can be manipulated to believe things against our interest. Science on reasoning: link "Intended as an internal document. Good reading to understand the nature of rich democracies and the fact that the common people are not allowed to play a role." Crisis of democracy link link Democracy Inc. link Testing theories of representative government link Overthrowing other peoples governments link Protectionism for the rich and big business by state intervention, radical market interference. link Energy subsidies link Intereference in other states when the rich/corporations dont get their way link Manufacturing consent (book) link Manufacturing consent(vids): ▶ this video link

@Umn442016-03 · in “The connection between modern slavery and ecological disaster”

>I've never even heard of this, Then you should read up on history. Our brains are much worse at reality and thinking than thought. Science on reasoning: link Overthrowing other peoples governments link Wikileaks on TTIP/TPP/ETC link Protectionism for the rich and big business by state intervention, radical market interference. link Energy subsidies link Intereference in other states when the rich/corporations dont get their way link From war is a racket: "I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil intersts in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefits of Wall Street. The record of racketeering is long. I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested."[p. 10] "War is a racket. ...It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives." [p. 23] "The general public shoulders the bill [for war]. This bill renders a horrible accounting. Newly placed gravestones. Mangled bodies. Shattered minds. Broken hearts and homes. Economic instability. Depression and all its attendant miseries. Back-breaking taxation for generations and generations." [p. 24] General Butler is especially t

@Umn442016-03 · in “NSA data will soon routinely be used for domestic policing”

"But I'd much rather have this than every other social system, where the sociopaths fuck over the common people unchecked." You already live in that society, you're just unaware of it. The (mass surveillance) by the NSA and abuse by law enforcement is just more part and parcel of state suppression of dissent against corporate interests. They're worried that the more people are going to wake up and corporate centers like the US and canada may be among those who also awaken. See this vid with Zbigniew Brzezinski, former United States National Security Advisor. link Brezinski at a press conference link Major powers, and imposing control over the awakened masses. link Important: link First, our brains are much worse at reality and thinking than thought. AKA we can be manipulated to believe things against our interest. Science on reasoning: link "Intended as an internal document. Good reading to understand the nature of rich democracies and the fact that the common people are not allowed to play a role." Crisis of democracy link link Democracy Inc. link Testing theories of representative government link Protectionism for the rich and big business by state intervention, radical market interference. link Energy subsidies link Manufacturing consent: ▶ this video link

@Umn442016-03 · in “Encryption, Privacy Are Larger Issues Than Fighting Terrorism”

"It's so disappointing to me to hear a quote like that from the President." Then you need to get informed how democracy works... Our brains are much worse at reality and thinking than thought. AKA we can be manipulated to believe things against our interest. Science on reasoning: link "Intended as an internal document. Good reading to understand the nature of rich democracies and the fact that the common people are not allowed to play a role." Crisis of democracy link link Democracy Inc. link Testing theories of representative government link Protectionism for the rich and big business by state intervention, radical market interference. link Energy subsidies link Manufacturing consent: ▶ this video link