Just watched this video about the manipulation of the masses, and it looks at the progression of mind control, advertising etc from 1900 to the 2000s - all the way up to Reagan, Thatcher and Blair.
Long, at 4 hours, but I thought it was very enjoyable and informative.
Wikipedia link
Long, at 4 hours, but I thought it was very enjoyable and informative.
Quote:The Century of the Self is a 2002 British television documentary series by filmmaker Adam Curtis. It focuses on the work of psychoanalysts Sigmund Freud and Anna Freud, and PR consultant Edward Bernays.[1] In episode one, Curtis says, "This series is about how those in power have used Freud's theories to try and control the dangerous crowd in an age of mass democracy."
Wikipedia link