Cathe asked me to repost this documentary in a thread of its own. It gives a good insight in massmanipulation techniques developed in the last century starting with Freud and his nephew Edward  Bernays. We wonder often how human beings can be so egoistical and apathic to the problems surrounding us. This documentary can be the missing link in this information gap.

How politicians and business learned to create and manipulate mass-consumer society.

Episodes: One |  Happiness Machines

Adam Curtis, The Century of the Self tells the untold and sometimes controversial story of the growth of the mass-consumer society in Britain and the United States. How was the all-consuming self created, by whom, and in whose interests?

Freud provided useful tools for understanding the secret desires of the masses. Unwittingly, his work served as the precursor to a world full of political spin doctors, marketing moguls, and society's belief that the pursuit of satisfaction and happiness is man's ultimate goal.

Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article12642.htm

Edward Bernays was a nephew of Freud and the father of Public Relations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bernays

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You can watch it with a better quality.

The century of the self

I http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2637635365191428174&q=the+century+of+the+self

II  http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-678466363224520614

III  http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6111922724894802811

IV  http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6884155963216756796&q=the+century+of+the+self

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