Frank Wright

Frank Wright

FREUD, BERNAYS AND THE FREEDOM OF CHOICE

The making of the public mind

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Frank Wright
Sep 05, 2025
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Consumer culture is cooked.

The progress of the liberal agenda has demonstrated that man is not good enough to be free.

The liberation of (largely) Western men and women from all traditional norms has not improved the moral character of our society. It has made us into atoms - a constellation of shimmering selves in a void.

How did we come to choose such a life? How were we persuaded it was all to the good? The 20th century saw the refinement of techniques of mind and media which would power us into a paradise on earth. Or so the adverts seemed to say.

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