Obey: How the Rise of Mass Propaganda Killed Populism | Brain Pickings
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Obey: How the Rise of Mass Propaganda Killed Populism
by Maria Popova
“A populace that can no longer find the words to articulate what is happening to it is cut off from rational discourse.”
British filmmaker and illustrator Temujin Doran has previously delighted and stimulated us with his visual love letters to language and illustration, his opinionated meditations on democracy and the art of protest, and his poetic documentaries about a small Arctic town and a dying occupation. His latest film, made entirely out of footage found on the web, is based on the book The Death of the Liberal Class (public library; UK) by cultural critic and foreign correspondent Chris Hedges and explores how the rise of the Corporate State precipitated everything from income inequality to environmental collapse to the mainstream media’s metamorphosis from a tool of public service into a weapon of private interest.