Adam Curtis Strikes Again
Adam Curtis who wrote and researched the groundbreaking documentary “The Power Of Nightmares” which exposed al Qaeda as a Neocon myth and lifted the lid on the similarities between Straussian thought and that of Sayyed Qutb of the Muslim Brotherhood, has finished a new documentary series exposing the myth of our ‘freedom’.
The Trap: What Happened to Our Dreams of Freedom
The West fought the Cold War for freedom and individual freedom is the dream of our age. It’s what our leaders promise to give us and defines how we think of ourselves.
And abroad, in Iraq and Afghanistan, the attempt to force freedom on to other people has led to bloody mayhem and the rise of an authoritarian anti-democratic Islamism.
This, in turn, has helped inspire terrorist attacks in Britain. In response, the government has dismantled long-standing laws that were designed to protect our freedom.
Curtis argues that we have forgotten other ideas of freedom. We are in a trap of our own making, a trap that controls us, deprives us of meaning, and causes death and chaos abroad. Will the panel agree?
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Winston Smith
first two episodes are here:
link is here
Mar 24th, 2007