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Comment by nickdothutton

5 days ago

I feel like I need to see an Adam Curtis documentary* on this.

[*] Spanning 5 hours.

Curtis heavily applies quick cuts, emotive footage, authoritative English narration and emotional music to lull the viewer into his views. His message wouldn't work as written essays or books because they're just not very deep - it's early YouTube MrBeast-like audience optimisation for those who don't want to discover or read on topics.