Originally Posted by
xerxe
I watched it and listened to some of his interviews (there's a very short one with Russell Brand and some hour-long ones).
His argument is that the rise of individualism has led to the decline in political participation. With politicians having lost their traditional support base, they had no choice but to turn to big business and the financial sector. We have more individualism now, but we are only free to express it within the limiting confines of the technocratic and managerial systems established by these entities.
Overall, he elaborates on the themes he introduced in "Century of the Self". He goes back-and-forth between the different stories a lot and doesn't tie up some loose ends, and I can see why some people might think it was incoherent.