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Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
A complete collection of Adam Curtis documentaries:

All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace - How Objectivism, Libertarianism, Neoliberalism and Computers have created our globalized society

http://archive.org/details/AdamCurtis-AllWatchedOverByMachinesOfLovingGrace

The Trap - How the Game Theory Concept of the Individual has shaped our concept of Freedom

http://thoughtmaybe.com/video/the-trap

The Power of Nightmares - Neoconservatism, Islamism, and the War on Terror

http://thoughtmaybe.com/video/the-power-of-nightmares

The Century of the Self - The Birth of Psychology, PR, and their role in 20th century American History

http://thoughtmaybe.com/video/the-century-of-the-self

Pandora’s Box - How Technology and Utopian ideas shaped the 20th century and our modern world

http://thoughtmaybe.com/video/pandoras-box


Full List

http://thoughtmaybe.com/browse/video/adam-curtis

Highly recommended.

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Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless


I'm convinced, those guys had to die!

And the van collecting the dead and wounded too!

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Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
Idol worship is irrational, we should not imitate irrational consumer culture and perpetuate false equivalency (competing mascots? come on!), :colbert:

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Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
Is there anyone who isn't white, over 30, and not using a lawnchair? Jesus

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Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
I fully support a Swiss experiment in the US.

When you graduate from High school you spend a week or two doing fitness drills, firearm, and first aid training. It builds community - every citizen does it, and this country needs some social cohesion.

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Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

ekuNNN posted:

Ah yes, an eternity with Ayn Rand :barf: Also, that's a pretty pale bunch of people.

Well it is hell, after all.

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Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

PokeJoe posted:

high frequency trading 2007-2012



VV whoops forgot to label it

What are the X units? Still don't get that.

(Tax High Frequency Trades to Death)

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Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
Change the DoD's name back to the War Department.

Every life lost in violence is a tragedy.


Russia 1900

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Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

Ugh

1) Yes economics is an absolute, it is either a capitalist utopia or a socialist dystopia :rolleyes:

2) Some internationalism and egalitarian outlooks here, I approve. But condescending as all gently caress. Protectionists can't spell and are dumb, lawl

3) Pure Generational Betrayal. We have it too easy, guys! The baby boomers had to struggle to build our world! Do not question the status quo, money is power.

Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
I attached an image? Let me try another one.

Starfish Nuclear Test

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Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

Apotheosis posted:



I was going to use this opportunity to say something that I thought was profound, but then I realized that it would sound more like babby's first political thought and besides I'm having trouble expressing it. All I can come up with is, "Why aren't more people fighting back?"

Television. Bread and Circus. The Freedom to Consume.

Welcome to the "Domino Effect" :drat: We're here.

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Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
Latest Gunshow Comic

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Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
Labor: poor savages with sticks

Capital: Machines :mitt:

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Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

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Rev. Bleech_ posted:

No matter how awful Israel is, Rachel Corrie was a dolt and we are all richer for her being run over.

What about Tienanmen guy? Or "that's different"?

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Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU9lv_WqK6k

Still waiting on Phil Collins to make things right.

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Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
^ RAND: The Game

I love DEFCON. It'll be great to see more games like it.

The Revolution before the Arab Spring:

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Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

Crasscrab posted:

I'm scared too! :ohdear:





You can all expect visits from the Secret Service and FBI!

How can people be this loving stupid?

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

Mc Do Well fucked around with this message at 02:49 on Oct 9, 2012

Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

FadingChord posted:

A good start would be making people aware of the American occupation and subjugation of the Philippines. Or that the US was ever in the Philippines outside of WW2.


I thought we were supposed to Remember the Maine?

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Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

lancemantis posted:

John Teller Emma Goldman

Patriarchy! :argh:

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Aug 2, 2008

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Fried Chicken posted:

I still don't. Can someone explain it?




% Of people filing in the state who don't have to pay any more (either break even or refund)

Integer rank of which state has the highest % of filers receiving a refund or paying no additional federal taxes.

It's interesting to see the cultural difference between Texas and The Sprawl. It's like Texans are motivated to pay less taxes while in the Sprawl the link between taxation and services is somewhat institutional (but the role of the public is being neglected).

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Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
^ Also they are selling unlicensed campaign merchandise. This is such a simple idea but it is a horrible metacommentary on modern politics.

On one hand the guy is a tool.

On the other hand, abusive paternal police state.

He should have been tased and dragged out of the building, with no arrest. But then again sovereign citizens are nutty and could be foot-soldiers if the Republic For the United States attempts a coup (Fox News had them as a headline a few weeks ago)

They go way back too. Dale once went on a rant about how the gold fringe on the flag indicates an Admiralty court that cannot legally try him. He gets gagged.

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Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
What about my anti-jew blog? Or my anti-christian one? My freedom to be a bigot is in danger! :qq:

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Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

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Defacing hate speech = Hateful Defacement of Graves

Glad we've established that false equivalence.

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Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
I think writing a blog that directly inspires a guy in Norway to go on a one man terror spree counts as 'yelling fire in a crowded theater'

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Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
The Shotgun Spree medal in Halo 3 was originally 'CheneyMania' but Microsoft made Bungie change it.

Freedom to ridicule, indeed.

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Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

algorithmkiller posted:

Saw this other day and did a double take

If you can't read it, it says "Drones: Protection when you least expect it"

What the gently caress? Why should the NYPD have anything to do with border crossings? Was the bomb really part of the ad? What the gently caress?

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Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

ekuNNN posted:

Seriously? It seems pretty obvious that it's street-art, here's what I found out about it:
Meet the Street Artist Who’s Wanted by the NYPD for Punking the Police with Fake Drone Ads

These days it's hard to tell :blush:

Jesse I made a letter fer yer truck!

That's beautiful, would you do me a favor and read it to me?

Uhhhh...is it Benjamin Netanyahu?

*laugh track*

(David Cross is suddenly a theme for the thread)

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Aug 2, 2008

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Forums Terrorist posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GvDyJobHTM

From a CIA-made series analysing how the Soviet Union fought the propaganda battle.

Specifically these were made to brief President Reagan because reading is for tools

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Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
Doesn't Oklahoma have a big (individualist rear end in a top hat) Anarchist community?

Was the 'only two parties on the ballot' thing in order to keep the Anarchists out or is just a contradiction?

Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
I almost forgot!

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Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
Isn't it a dirty secret that amphetamines had been invented so Stalingrad and Leningrad were literally millions of people amped up on speed bayoneting and butchering each other?

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Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
A new low for :foxnews:

The lack of trust has nothing to do with Fox presenting opinion as fact, no siree. Because Fox isn't the mainstream media :rolleyes:

gently caress off and die, Ailes.

Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
Swore I attached it.

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Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
'Our Fellow Man' (as long as he's white and protestant, Irish need not apply)

I'm glad you believe in the free market principles of Sex Workers, ArmyMan, comfort girls are certainly a better choice than raping your fellow soldiers or the natives (The military doesn't do abstinence-only sex ed?)

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Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WS-NtVKwDk

This is what the end of capitalism looks like

Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

reggintaf posted:

Cognitive dissonance anyone?

Reagan sold himself to boomers because he would 'make the bad things go away'

And he did, for a little while...

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Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
You guys not posting pictures need to get your act together.

"What is it, Putin!?"

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Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
Charlie Rose gets pissed. Maybe he's part of the Illuminati?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PQrz8F0dBI

Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

Barometer posted:



So. loving. Annoying.

Welp might as well kill Frontline and Charlie Rose and any other real journalism on television. Wrap it up Obamailures

Hardcore Phonography posted:

I swear when I want to feel like human scum because of the way other people behave, I look for McDowell posts. I'm on part 2 and it just gets more :psyduck: by the episode.

Is this a complement? If it is, you're welcome :)

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Aug 2, 2008

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCWsR-Qk8v4

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