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Why the Mainstream Media is a Threat to Freedom and Sanity
Watch now (13 mins) | “I rejoice that horses and steers have to be broken before they can be made the slaves of men, and that men themselves have some…
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Why are People so Obedient? – Compliance and Tyranny
Watch now (13 mins) | “And the word “courage” should be reserved to characterize the man or woman who leaves the infantile sanctuary of the mass mind…
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Smartphones and Social Media: A Mass Surveillance Dystopia
Watch now (11 mins) | In the book The Origins of Totalitarianism Hannah Arendt describes the rudimentary mass surveillance system used by the secret…
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Social Media – Why it Sickens the Self and Divides Society
Watch now (12 mins) | “WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT?” These were the first words sent over the newly invented electric telegraph machine in May 1844. This…
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The Big Lie – How to Enslave the World
Watch now (12 mins) | “And the lie has, in fact, led us so far away from a normal society that you cannot even orient yourself any longer; in its dense…
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Why Nonconformity Cures a Sick Self and a Sick Society
Watch now (12 mins) | “I must be myself, I cannot break myself any longer for you. . .If you can love me for what I am, we shall be the happier. If you…
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Why Absent Fathers Harm Children and Ruin Society
Watch now (13 mins) | “Fatherlessness is the leading cause of declining child well-being in our society. It is also the engine driving our most urgent…
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