The Trap: What Happened to our Dream of Freedom

This is the latest documentary by Adam Curtis. It traces our idea of freedom through contemporary times and shows how a limited and narrow definition of human nature which originated in the Cold War and had the purpose of anticipating Soviet moves in the nuclear chess game, was later adapted and used to direct policy in disparate fields. From a diagnostic tool of mental illness to a way of organizing society and the economy. This had unintended and sometimes catastrophic effects and altered the ideal of freedom throughout the world.

Episode three is found in three parts, pasted below respectively:

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