Metanoia’s “Human Resources,” a follow-up to “Psywar,” concerns those social systems currently in effect which tend to induce a transformation in the free-born, natural human beings who enter them into spiritually broken worker-consumer drones and the behaviorist psychological theories which contributed directly to their development. (Contrary to widespread misconception, the corporate jargon term in question, “human resources,” does not refer to “resources for humans” but rather, “those resources which are human.”) As the gears of this terrible machine turn, a certain type of “progress” is made, one which leads directly toward the total enslavement of mankind. “Human Resources” is a fairly direct confrontation of the non-recognition of the intrinsic value of life which lies at the heart of psychopathy. [END] Permalink: Human Resources: Social Engineering in the 20th Century
This media-critical film from Robert Greenwald singles out Rupert Murdoch, his giant News Corporation and its far-right Fox News channel for some well deserved thrashing. The video was produced in 2004; this video from Rachel Maddow updates Fox News’ overlaps with the far-right Republican Party to late 2010. As recent elections have shown, however, simply pointing a finger at the Republicans, no matter how justified, is not going to be enough for the Democrats as a campaign strategy. And would a majority of Democrat wins really make for a significantly better America? The standards have fallen way too far across the board and it’s going to take a lot more than rule by the “Republicans Lite” to get things where they need to be. [END] Permalink: Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism
The 2004 U. S. Presidential election brought us Bush versus Bush Lite. In 2006, the Democrats took the U. S. Congress and while things started getting worse at a slower rate, the overall tone was the same. This documentary from BBC Dispatches examines the political parties of England and how, in recent years, rather than offering visionary leadership in increasingly complex times, they all have been posturing to be perceived as “toughest” in the same areas, such as immigration control and street crime, and spending much of their campaigns on competing to outdo each others’ placebo-based pandering. The main issue at the “rotten heart” of the current electoral system according to Dispatches: “parties, cut adrift from their popular roots, are now cold-blooded vote-winning machines. If you ignore them, they ignore you.” When there are no substantive differences between the utterly bland major parties, is it still democracy? In this sickening look into the “mass marketing” campaign style of today, Dispatches says that no, democracy is a thing of the past. With enough work, though, it can be a thing of the future as well. [END] Permalink: Why Politicians Can’t Tell the Truth
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