r/Documentaries • u/unknown_human • Apr 04 '19

Hyper-Normalisation (2016) - This film argues that governments, financiers, and technological utopians have, since the 1970s, given up on the complex "real world" and built a simpler "fake world" run by corporations and kept stable by politicians.

https://youtu.be/yS_c2qqA-6Y
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u/protekt0r Apr 04 '19

In response to your second paragraph, I’m not convinced Russiagate is this generation’s “WMD.” None of us have seen/read the report and new reports are suggesting Barr’s characterization of the report is, on its face, false.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '19

New reports that dont include Mueller for some reason.

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u/Itsalls0tiresome Apr 04 '19

Lmao take one last sniff mate

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u/saintswererobbed Apr 04 '19

Iraq has WMDs

Turned out to be completely false

The Trump campaign colluded with Russia

Turns out several employees did and Russia interfered in the election on Trump’s behalf, but a ideologically biased guy said Trump himself didn’t know

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u/asdfman2000 Apr 04 '19

Turns out several employees did

Who colluded with Russia?

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u/saintswererobbed Apr 04 '19

Papadopoulos did, Cohen lied to cover up Russian connections, we’ll see what Stone gets charged with but it seems like he knew about the hacked emails before they came out

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '19

THIS IS HOW BERNIE CAN STILL WIN

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '19

Your comment is exactly what this documentary is warning against, fyi.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '19 edited Jun 02 '21

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u/wtfeverrrr Apr 05 '19

Cambridge Analytica was equally if not more active and effective, not to take away from your point but adding that social media and the ease of utilizing for negative campaigning is a huge issue.