Not Conformed

Episode 4: Love Your Servitude

Episode Summary

If you are living in the West, you might think that you live in a democracy in which the people have a meaningful role in governing themselves (through the voting process). If this is your understanding, you will be shocked to learn that this is not in fact the type of democracy in which you live. And, this has massive implications for the role of the mass media and education in your society. Join us on this deep dive into the liberal progressive view of democracy -- it will blow your mind!!

Episode Notes

If you are living in the West, you might think that you live in a democracy in which the people have a meaningful role in governing themselves (through the voting process). If this is your understanding, you will be shocked to learn that this is not in fact the type of democracy in which you live. And, this has massive implications for the role of the mass media and education in your society. Join us on this deep dive into the liberal progressive view of democracy -- it will blow your mind!! As you listen to this episode you will also learn about the history of the Banana Republics in Central America and the recent SNC-Lavalin scandal in Canada.

Bibliography:

US Southern Border

• Politico: Yes, There’s a Crisis at the Border

• Wall Street Journal: U.S. Arrests Record Number of Families at Southern Border

• New York Times: Border at ‘Breaking Point’ as More Than 76,000 Unauthorized Migrants Cross in a Month

• NPR: Migrant Families Arrive In Busloads As Border Crossings Hit 10-Year High

• Breitbart: Three Times the Illegal Immigration of 2017 Levels at Current Rate

• Voxiversity 001 - Immigration & War

Books

• Schlesinger, S., & Kinzer, S. (1982). Bitter fruit. Garden City:
  Anchor.
• Ellul, J. (1965). Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes.
  Vintage Books Edition, February 1973.
• Chomsky, N. (1991). Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of
  Propaganda. 2nd Ed. Seven Stories Press.
• Lippmann, W. (1925/2017). The phantom public. Routledge.
• Lippmann, W. (1922/2017). Public opinion. Routledge.

YouTube: Marr interview of Chomsky

YouTube: Noam Chomsky 1997 On Propaganda RARE Video!

YouTube: Aldous Huxley - Speech at UC Berkeley, The Ultimate Revolution 1962

Breitbart: Chinese Kindergartners Forced to Sign Atheist Manifesto

SNC-Lavalin Scandal

• YouTube: Lisa Raitt - What you need to know about the SNC-Lavalin scandal
• YouTube: Michelle Rempel - The best explanation of SNC-Lavalin scandal yet
• YouTube: Jody Wilson-Raybould's FULL statement to Commons justice committee

Mentioned:

• https://www.johntaylorgatto.com

Examples that surfaced after episode was recorded:

• Lippmann: “Thus, rotation in office might be the ostensible theory, in practice the offices oscillated between the henchmen.”
  See: YouTube: The Brains Behind AOC Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Two views of democracy collide:

• Breitbart: Parliament No Longer Represents the People’: May Loses Control of OWN MOTION Hijacked by Hardline Remainers

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