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Gamera971 t1_jccva5r wrote
Reply to The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of Politics of Fear - (2004) BBC, part 1 of 3 compares the rise of neoconservative movement and the radical Islamist movement [00:59:11] by Damascinos
I have never heard Trump say one good thing about America. He obviously despises it. Prove me wrong.
dentbox t1_jccspzp wrote
Reply to comment by mab2t in The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of Politics of Fear - (2004) BBC, part 1 of 3 compares the rise of neoconservative movement and the radical Islamist movement [00:59:11] by Damascinos
Century of the self is his best, for sure
p314159i t1_jccrl7z wrote
speakhyroglyphically t1_jccqavy wrote
Reply to The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of Politics of Fear - (2004) BBC, part 1 of 3 compares the rise of neoconservative movement and the radical Islamist movement [00:59:11] by Damascinos
Why didnt you link it so it feeds through reddit?
Dravous t1_jccovof wrote
Orngog t1_jccncn2 wrote
Reply to comment by fouoifjefoijvnioviow in The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of Politics of Fear - (2004) BBC, part 1 of 3 compares the rise of neoconservative movement and the radical Islamist movement [00:59:11] by Damascinos
IIRC he gets three sentences at most, or at least his life before the Kremlin does. Is that the last part of this? It's been years.
Also, I'm no expert but I seem to recall the KGB connection didn't come into play during his very rapid ascent to power? I thought it was more "being close to Yeltsin at the right time".
Edit: forgot to say, Putin is an utter waste of life. I hope he is soon removed from this earth, Slava Ukraïni!
turbo_dude t1_jcclged wrote
Reply to comment by mrchaddy in The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of Politics of Fear - (2004) BBC, part 1 of 3 compares the rise of neoconservative movement and the radical Islamist movement [00:59:11] by Damascinos
There’s a new one out. Pretty stark and grim for a lot of it: TraumaZone Russia 1985-1999
Worth watching
gw2master t1_jccl7bf wrote
Reply to comment by Commie_EntSniper in The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of Politics of Fear - (2004) BBC, part 1 of 3 compares the rise of neoconservative movement and the radical Islamist movement [00:59:11] by Damascinos
What a load of bullshit. There is no equivalence here: both parties kowtow to corporate interests, but Republicans are FAR, FAR worse in all their policies.
platoprime t1_jcckqqm wrote
Reply to comment by Relevant_Monstrosity in The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of Politics of Fear - (2004) BBC, part 1 of 3 compares the rise of neoconservative movement and the radical Islamist movement [00:59:11] by Damascinos
Even though love sounds nice and fear sounds mean it is equally naïve to think fear has no place.
CHROME-THE-F-UP t1_jcc9u33 wrote
Reply to comment by KofOaks in The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of Politics of Fear - (2004) BBC, part 1 of 3 compares the rise of neoconservative movement and the radical Islamist movement [00:59:11] by Damascinos
I know this is shitty but idk why this is kind of metal lol
fouoifjefoijvnioviow t1_jcc95yz wrote
Reply to comment by TheNewestHaven in The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of Politics of Fear - (2004) BBC, part 1 of 3 compares the rise of neoconservative movement and the radical Islamist movement [00:59:11] by Damascinos
I mean it's quite the omission, and the KGB ended just around that time. It's just a too-simple narrative that Putin is not some well-trenched apparatchik, but just another poor nobody stuck in the role.
TheNewestHaven t1_jcc7w3v wrote
Reply to comment by fouoifjefoijvnioviow in The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of Politics of Fear - (2004) BBC, part 1 of 3 compares the rise of neoconservative movement and the radical Islamist movement [00:59:11] by Damascinos
As far as I know he was not officially involved in the KGB after 1990, so when he was brought in, he was indeed a random bureaucrat. I also don't see how this omission as you see it creates a pro-putin narrative. The narrative was the oligarch's needed someone they could trust who would 'play ball' and he was the stooge they picked. He could have mentioned Putin worked at FSB (like the russian FBI post Soviet Union).
AbelardLuvsHeloise t1_jcc3iao wrote
Reply to comment by HoggyDarn in The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of Politics of Fear - (2004) BBC, part 1 of 3 compares the rise of neoconservative movement and the radical Islamist movement [00:59:11] by Damascinos
Much obliged, mate. I’ve watched about 12 hours of Adam Curtis documentaries, and this hits the nail right on the head.
fouoifjefoijvnioviow t1_jcc279q wrote
Reply to comment by TheNewestHaven in The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of Politics of Fear - (2004) BBC, part 1 of 3 compares the rise of neoconservative movement and the radical Islamist movement [00:59:11] by Damascinos
He called Putin an anonymous bureaucrat picked by oligarchs, and completely omitted he was in fact KGB
TheNewestHaven t1_jcbzlsd wrote
Reply to comment by fouoifjefoijvnioviow in The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of Politics of Fear - (2004) BBC, part 1 of 3 compares the rise of neoconservative movement and the radical Islamist movement [00:59:11] by Damascinos
i didnt get that impression at all.
HoggyDarn t1_jcby73x wrote
Reply to comment by AbelardLuvsHeloise in The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of Politics of Fear - (2004) BBC, part 1 of 3 compares the rise of neoconservative movement and the radical Islamist movement [00:59:11] by Damascinos
Had a quick search. It's "The loving trap"
AbelardLuvsHeloise t1_jcbxq9m wrote
millennialmonster755 t1_jcbted7 wrote
Reply to The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of Politics of Fear - (2004) BBC, part 1 of 3 compares the rise of neoconservative movement and the radical Islamist movement [00:59:11] by Damascinos
This is a good doc. There is also a great podcast with Ira Glass that digs into the movement when Trump was in office and specifically looks at Bannon and his connections to groups in Europe.
urbanfirestrike t1_jcbs84n wrote
Reply to comment by fouoifjefoijvnioviow in The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of Politics of Fear - (2004) BBC, part 1 of 3 compares the rise of neoconservative movement and the radical Islamist movement [00:59:11] by Damascinos
Reality has that bias
Dripdry42 t1_jcbo9a7 wrote
Reply to comment by Damascinos in The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of Politics of Fear - (2004) BBC, part 1 of 3 compares the rise of neoconservative movement and the radical Islamist movement [00:59:11] by Damascinos
1990-2001 FELT so... Reasonable. Things got done. Not perfectly but they were. The obvious rush to destroy democracy starting in 2000 was horrifying. Like, why ruin a reasonably good thing we had going? Oh right! Money.
mrchaddy t1_jcbo4fk wrote
Reply to comment by 33hamsters in The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of Politics of Fear - (2004) BBC, part 1 of 3 compares the rise of neoconservative movement and the radical Islamist movement [00:59:11] by Damascinos
You will enjoy this article on Adam by Jon Ronson. It contains one of the most profound statements i ever read “ I found a man in the archives who spends his time recording the bits in between the programs. He believes television is really one long construction of a giant story out of fragments of recorded reality from all over the world that is constantly added to every day, and has been going on for 70 years.”
enigmaticalso t1_jccvxxm wrote
Reply to The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of Politics of Fear - (2004) BBC, part 1 of 3 compares the rise of neoconservative movement and the radical Islamist movement [00:59:11] by Damascinos
Well I did not watch the documentary yet but I can tell you already it is not fear they are tapping in to. It's ignorance and hate and a need to put other people down. These people are not scared they are just hateful.