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submitted 2 months ago by 9to5@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

Can Americans explain whats happening over there

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[-] sexywheat@hexbear.net 43 points 2 months ago

For anyone else wondering this is from Adam Curtis' documentary film Hypernormalisation.

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 19 points 2 months ago

Ahhhhh thank you! As I was reading it I was like wtf man I know I know this from somewhere!

[-] LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago

this looks like a banger, saved to watch later.

[-] sexywheat@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

Almost everything Adam Curtis has done has been chefs-kiss

The Century of Self and The Power of Nightmares are also really good docuseries that he made.

The only work of his that I really didn't like was TraumaZone. I watched only the first video in the series and it came off to me as extremely anti-communist.

[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

One thing I remember from this though, it's pretty anti-communist isn't it? Wasn't the whole "hypernormalization" theory from how "evil" the CCCP was and apparently always lied about literally everything? It's been awhile since I've watched it though...

[-] sexywheat@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

It's been a while since I watched it, but IIRC he does draw some parallels between the end of the Soviet Union and the current era under Trump.

To be fair, the USSR wasn't doing so hot in their final years if I am not mistaken. But Adam Curtis is certainly no communist, wouldn't be surprised if he slipped in a few jabs.

[-] jack@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

To be fair, the USSR wasn't doing so hot in their final years if I am not mistaken

what gave it away

[-] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

40 minutes in that's mostly it so far

[-] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

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