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In this lecture we investigate the nature of propaganda. We examine what propaganda is, the difference between education and propaganda, the history of propaganda, the nature of political propaganda, and the role propaganda plays in modern democracies. =================================================== Support us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/academyofideas Recommended Readings: Propaganda: The...

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How to Support Us: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/academyofideas PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/academyofideas Carl Jung and The Shadow: https://gum.co/jung-shadow ============================================ In this video we examine a chapter from Carl Jung's Collected Works in which he investigates the achievement of personality, describing it as: “the prototype of the only meaningful life, tha...

Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/academyofideas ============================================ In this video we look at how public schools were developed for the purpose of fixing belief and as a means of social control. ============================================ Sign up for our mailing list: http://academyofideas.com/newsletter/ Get the transcript: http://academyofideas.com/2016/12/...

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Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/academyofideas Donate via PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/academyofideas ============================================ In this 2nd video in our 2 part series we examine the role of the individual in combatting the rise of tyranny, looking at the ideas of thinkers such as Solzhenitsyn, Emerson, Nietzsche and Jung. The 1st video in the series: https://www....

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Become a Supporting Member! ► http://academyofideas.com/members/ Access the transcript and art used in this video - https://academyofideas.com/2025/03/pessimism-of-strength-nietzsches-formula-for-greatness/ According to the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, there is a variant of philosophical pessimism that reflects the most life-affirming state that one can achieve. Nietzsche called this a pessimi...

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