He's intrigued by US governmental conspiracies, but doesn't know anything about the work they did against counter culture here and in Latin America.
Idk if this should be on the main. A sub for radicalizing dads would rule. /c/Dadicalization
I'll be checking it out myself, because this looks rad, and then sending it his way.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Corporation_(2003_film)
This film argues that if a corporation were an actual person, they'd be a clinical psychopath (according to the DSM-IV criteria), and that they must be psychopaths because they're legally required to deliver profits to their shareholders. The film touches upon various negative externalities, the 1933 Business Plot, the fact that IBM literally did logistics work for Nazis to facilitate the Holocaust, the Bolivian struggle over water privatization, among other gruesome examples of corporate capitalism at work. It's mostly lib-friendly in the sense that the film's message isn't
reallyexplicitly Marxist, since it only criticizes corporations and not capitalism in general), but it at least points vaguely in the correct direction against privatization and oligopolistic capital and towards left-wing politics.the film’s message isn’t really Marxist,
Go re watch the last speech and tell me it wasn't made by marxists
It's been a few years since I've actually seen it, and I was buried deep under a mountain of liberal ideology at the time.
the abby martin documentary on palestine and believe me its fucking heavy and depressing and well sourced
The PBS Documentary on the Black Panthers (Vanguards of the Revolution) mentioned COINTELPRO in its investigation of Hampton and co.
LIghtbulb Conspiracy, documentary about planned obsolescence, something about capitalism everyone hates (the lightbulbs in eastern germany are still burning today, the ones in western germany had to be replaced after like 5 years). The channel also looks like it has a bunch more.
Human Resources - social engineering in the 21st century by Scott Noble
Covers operation paperclip, as well as cointelpro and a ton more. Definitely check it out it's a banger.
https://vimeo.com/102686111
Have him read this article series but start at part 1 I just linked to where I am in it
I appreciate the responses, I'll be using this thread for my own benefit as well.
I believe there is a "Manufacturing Consent" documentary that can be a good intro to those concepts for laypeople.
