It was The Corporation for me. Then, I discovered Adam Curtis. Smartest Guys in the Room, some Michael Moore stuff, then I really started taking a look at War docs with Smedley Butler and Dalton Trumbo and Charlie Chaplin shouting at me from the 1930s and 40s. Errol Morris kicked ass in the Fog of War, John Pilger kicked ass in Occupation 101, and BBC kicked ass with the Death of Yugoslavia.

This was 20 or 25 years ago. All this seems trite by comparison to where we are now.

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

where can I move to

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

More you know, more difficult to stay happy.

[–] piconaut@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A fan of Adam Curtis, I see.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I'll have to see if hypernormalisation is still on iPlayer

Edit: yes it is, well that's not what I needed to discover at 1am with work tomorrow...

Siren song for those browsing with an internet connection of a geographically British persuasion: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p04b183c

[–] Thebigguy@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

The new one was pretty decent as well pretty funny.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Zeitgeist: Addendum kinda did that for me. But the book Voltaire's Bastards was the real lynchpin well before that. Even before that, back in the late eighties, I read a book about the history of money that I borrowed from the Devonport library that really shaped my views about finances and showed me what a farce it all is, but I can in no way remember the title or author.

A recent post on lemmy mentioned something called 'money dysphoria', and it really hit home.

[–] marx2k@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

https://lemmyverse.link/lemmy.world/post/32777721