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How film made us passive — and cleared the way for our Trumpian nightmare

How film made us passive — and cleared the way for our Trumpian nightmare

Or actually, what they have groomed us to do. Let’s begin with a fable. You are sitting out in the sun on a fine day in India. Not too hot yet. Thoroughly pleasant. You are in a garden with many flowers and a lawn leading to a density of bushes in... Read more.

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