Obligatory recommendation of the The Century of the Self documentary by Adam Curtis

>The Century of the Self is a 2002 British television documentary series by filmmaker Adam Curtis. It focuses on the work of psychoanalysts Sigmund Freud and Anna Freud, and PR consultant Edward Bernays. In episode one, Curtis says, "This series is about how those in power have used Freud's theories to try and control the dangerous crowd in an age of mass democracy."

Randolph was born to a Jewish family in Chappaqua, New York, the eldest child of Stephen Bernays Randolph, an Austrian-born nuclear engineer

So, it has taken them over 100 years to get to this point? Honestly, they are kind of shit at it.

From what I am seeing, we should be able to do a lot more in a lot less time.

I mean… every fucking time and everything, but who here has actually had their opinions or life views significantly impacted by their great-uncle?