Short videos on the media and a theory of stupidity

Freeze Peach 🍑 posted these videos over at Snowflake's forum. They are short but informative. The first one is a theory of how the media works. In my opinion, there is a lot of truth in it.

When one couples that with the video below about Bonhoeffer's theory of stupidity (maybe better called an aspect of human social behavior), one can see the connection between the media and the people. Interestingly, Bonhoeffer postulates that propaganda is more a social than an individual phenomenon. That is a belief I've independently come to  believe over the years based on what I've learned about human cognitive biology and social behavior. Both of these videos resonate personally. They feel basically correct.