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Barbie and Mattel as Millennial Pavlovian Conditioning

The Blindboy Podcast

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Reaganomics and the Rise of the 1%

Ronald Reagan introduced what we called Reaganomics, which you could loosely refer to it as neo-liberalism. Reagan placed the rights of corporations and businesses above the rights of workers. He also deregulated advertising even though for years everyone was saying you must not do that. When a Barbie movie comes out and it's directed at 35 year olds, we experience a feeling of reassurance and safety - this is mad fucked up.

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