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Re:1984 v. Brave New World by chillingeffect on Thursday October 23, 2014 @03:07PM (#8500096)
Upvoted for Century of Self. Everyone in the industrialized world should watch it.

Although I will add that Freud's theories are only one part of it. The documentary really exposes a vast plethora of social control techniques.

Re:1984 v. Brave New World by dleblanc on Thursday October 23, 2014 @03:25PM (#8500192)
Agreed - Century of Self is fantastic.

Along the same lines as Noam Chomsky's "Manufacturing Consent". The book is great, and there's a documentary from 92: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzufDdQ6uKg

Re:1984 v. Brave New World by bdkoepke on Thursday October 23, 2014 @03:59PM (#8500387)
Ah, I had forgotten about Manufacturing Consent. That is an excellent documentary as well. I have the book but I haven't yet read it.