S2 Deep Dive #2 (Part Two): The Century of the Self - Adam Curtis
Propaganda Loves You: A Century of Self (Episodes 3–4), Capitalism’s Co-opting of Rebellion, and the Rise of Data-Driven Politics
The hosts of Propaganda Loves You continue their discussion of Edward Bernays and Adam Curtis’s The Century of the Self, recapping episodes 1–2 and focusing on episode 3 (“There Is a Policeman Inside All Our Heads and He Must Be Destroyed”) and episode 4 ("Eight people sipping wine in Kettering"). They describe a central theme: the shift from Freudian repression to promoted self-expression, and how capitalism absorbs its own critiques by selling rebellion and…
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