MSM is like a strange drug that keeps us more upset than we need to be about some things, but not as upset as we should be about other things. It curates the news in such a way to keep people always on edge about what’s happening but never empowered enough to do anything about it

Dec 19, 2020 · 1:17 PM UTC

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Wall-to-wall propaganda on behalf of the predatory feudal superclass that won't stop until it owns all of America and everybody in it
Suspense is one of the best ways to attract human attention and to make more money selling more advertising space.
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“Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV/and you think you’re so clever and classless and free/but you’re still fucking peasants as far as I can see“-John Lennon, “Working Class Hero” youtube.com/watch?v=x2SDRQ…
Replying to @marwilliamson
Succinctly accurate and powerfully observation.
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It’s called propaganda. It’s literally psychological warfare.
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Great call out. Somewhere I read something to the effect anxiety => buying stuff. Imagine media where empowering to critical stuff was its main agenda!