[pengaru]

For those wishing to watch this, it's all on youtube here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ3RzGoQC4s

While dated by now, it's rather disturbing how clear the lineage is from where the show ends to the current "social media" era. The breadth and efficacy of public manipulation is arguably greater than ever, and it's a clear threat to democracy IMHO.

[nikofeyn]

i think it's less a threat to democracy and more that it's already ended democracy (what little was implemented in the first place) in the u.s. (i'm just repeating your use of the word democracy, as there's an implicit assumption there that democracy is a cherished thing being destroyed.)

adam curtis' other documentaries build upon similar ideas, converging to the (relatively) recent hypernormalization.

[lihaciudaniel]

It is a constant and universal truth that irrationality of the masses exist. And then there are those who think that they can manipulate through propaganda

[AndrewBissell]

Given the way they are pushing the systems they control to the breaking point for the sake of ever-more-marginal gains in their already staggering wealth and power, it's harder and harder to view elites as any more rational than the masses.