I didn't assume, I merely used Adbusters as an example. Hey, I used to read it. They just seemed to be drowning in their own Kool-Aid.
I don't believe we are wholly our own person. Genetics, hormones, and neurochemistry have a greater control over us than we like to believe. And while that may not seem a greatly different argument than society controls us, the difference is society is created by humans with their genetics and hormones and neurochemicals. One is higher up on the influence ladder.
So no, I don't believe human nature has changed that greatly since the 50s. The infamous Milgram experiments of 1961 and 62 showed just how great a pushover we were/are even back then (I was just following orders). I'm not saying the media don't do anything, I'm just saying they don't do anything special than we've always done to each other. They may magnify the issue, but we are no worse depraved than we have always had the potential to be.
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Date: 2006-01-09 06:22 am (UTC)I don't believe we are wholly our own person. Genetics, hormones, and neurochemistry have a greater control over us than we like to believe. And while that may not seem a greatly different argument than society controls us, the difference is society is created by humans with their genetics and hormones and neurochemicals. One is higher up on the influence ladder.
So no, I don't believe human nature has changed that greatly since the 50s. The infamous Milgram experiments of 1961 and 62 showed just how great a pushover we were/are even back then (I was just following orders). I'm not saying the media don't do anything, I'm just saying they don't do anything special than we've always done to each other. They may magnify the issue, but we are no worse depraved than we have always had the potential to be.