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With The Beatniks of Babylon’s Big Business , Zamp Nicall takes a look at the influence of the Edward Bernays manifesto “Propaganda”. Bernays with help from his uncle Sigmund Freud laid the foundation for the corporate approach to controlling the subconscious desires of the modern consumer.

This book touches on most of the important questions that arise in life. Somewhat in the manner of Nietzsche, it presents provocative perspectives on topics ranging from morality to politics, from art to religion, from capitalism to socialism. What is the “meaning of life”? (What does that question even mean?) …