ENGB76H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Illiberal Democracy, Hobbit, Diegesis
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Screening: eternal sunshine of the spotless mind (2004) Even under a century ago, we have seen the power of deliberate misinformation: adolf hitler, donald trump. Fascists like to change our experiences; confuse us enough. Seemingly unmotivated doctor who thinks he"s doing something right (we see in this movie) Want to control reality; have to maintain illusion they"re being massively supported. But it"s not just them, we"re always online: virtual world of information & misinformation staring back at you, one will help you one will hurt you. The people wanted to buy his lie (adolf hitler) The terror, racism, etc. is systemic (e. g. holocaust, islamophobia) Memories are such a weird thing because they don"t actually exist but have the power to make us feel a certain way. If you can manipulate memory, you can change the past, present and future : history is already manipulated, can"t change it everyday, it"s not immediate.
