I discovered the documentary «Century Of The Self» a few years ago. It is scary, fascinating, and thought-provoking. And above all, it solved a lot of my big questions about life all at once. I come back to it over and over since.
The documentary describes the origins of today’s consumerist, «bigger, stronger, faster», growth-only, hypocritically democratic western world.
The best way to find the video online is via a search for its name «century of the self».