``` This is a second video on the psychology of propaganda and to date has been viewed by over 275, 000 people. Prof. Kroth reviews five major techniques for how American mass media manipulates and twists the view Americans have of their world. The seriousness of the distortion and our progressive loss of contact with reality is dramatic. We are increasingly living inside a media-induced trance without knowing it. Children believe Ronald MacDonald is more real than Abraham Lincoln. From Coke to Carl's Jr., Hip-hop to the Iraq war, the role of subliminal propaganda in our lives is unveiled and exposed. This talk is based on Dr. Kroth's recent book Implosion: delusion, denial, and the prospect of collapse (formerly titled "Duped!" BUY THE BOOK BY CLICKING THE URL BELOW https://www.collectivepsych.com ``` orig: https://youtu.be/fUBy9szHzNI

> Prof. Jerry Kroth dissects the high level of mainstream propaganda over the crisis in the Ukraine. This lecture is based on his work, Implosion: delusion, denial, and the prospect of collapse. Some relevant notes: \* @ 27:06 Ref. [Transcript of leaked Nuland-Pyatt call](https://archive.is/0pPlD) _(BBC 2014-02-17 art.)_ \*- https://archive.org/details/leaked_Nuland-Pyatt_call [\[alt. src\]](https://youtu.be/MSxaa-67yGM) _(the audio)_ \* @ 32:54 Ref. _**06KIEV1706_a**_ cable: https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/06KIEV1706_a.html \* https://youtu.be/2VqxOQ6b5gE _(Kroth's orig. 2014-09-04 video)_

Second experiment to cram some video onto a 1.4MB floppy while retaining somewhat "tolerable" quality. Size: _1424777_ bytes For the awesome original by Fluke , please see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHMzCpy0fXc Software used: https://imagemagick.org https://ffmpeg.org https://www.audacityteam.org/ https://imgur.com/a/wiPNRVc (8 colors palette) ffprobe output: ``` Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'onafloppy_fluke_atom_bomb2.mp4': Metadata: major_brand : isom minor_version : 512 compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41 encoder : Lavf58.76.100 Duration: 00:04:05.33, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 46 kb/s Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High 4:2:2) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv422p, 256x192 [SAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], 16 kb/s, 3 fps, 3 tbr, 12288 tbn, 6 tbc (default) Metadata: handler_name : VideoHandler vendor_id : [0][0][0][0] Stream #0:1(und): Audio: opus (Opus / 0x7375704F), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 28 kb/s (default) Metadata: handler_name : SoundHandler vendor_id : [0][0][0][0] ```