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I noticed Hanno Hardt's Myths for the Masses included some references from Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno. I read some of their works from previous philosophy courses and it was intriguing to find that many ideas from Horkheimer and Adorno was evident in Hardt's passage. Hardt's passage has many examples of how mass communication is used as a tool by governments, corporations, etc. to manipulate the masses for it's own betterment. Similarly, Horkheimer suggested in his texts that rational thinking has enable institutions to efficiently use methods (such as mass communication) to accomplish an efficient control of the population. One passage from Horkheimer for example, The Dialect of Enlightenment, attempts to explain the how governments and corporations has ended up playing a huge role in social domination in contemporary society. It is a philosophical text describing the impact of knowledge and rational thinking on the deterioration of the individual. As enlightenment thinking spread throughout societies and countries, it widespread the use of knowledge for it's own advantage; a major tool used for the exploitation of others. I suggest that you guys read this passage.