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That's such a self-fulfilling prophecy and dangerously close to circular logic and victim blaming. The people want this crap, that's why we give them more crap!

That's such a self-fulfilling prophecy and dangerously close to circular logic and victim blaming. The people want this crap, that's why we give them more crap! The people are getting stupider because of this crap, so that's why they want more, so lets give it to them! Before you know it if nothing stops the spiral it's going to be fucking idiocracy controlled by the oligarchy! Is it just me or does this mentality totally forget that the airwaves were public and we gave the companies access to them in exchange for a public service (which started out as nightly prime-time news.) The airwaves belong to us, and if the corporations are so enamoured by pure monetary/viewership gains, and have forgotten the original edict and goals, not to mention potential uses for good of such widespread communications, we need to remove their right to the airwaves and bring them back under the public sphere. Our population is being dumbed down by the media, while it could be doing the opposite. I'll say it again, the airwaves should belong to the public.

madebylaw 11y ago
Reminds me of a favorite Steve Jobs quote: “When you’re young, you look at television and think, There’s a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that’s not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want. That’s a far more depressing thought. Conspiracy is optimistic! You can shoot the bastards! We can have a revolution! But the networks are really in business to give people what they want. It’s the truth.”
- arca_vorago 11y ago
  I would say Operation Mockingbird never went away and the conspiratorial view is the correct one. Media was never just about giving the people what they wanted, it was about telling them what they wanted in the first place, with a side effect of mass control.

madebylaw 11y ago

Reminds me of a favorite Steve Jobs quote: “When you’re young, you look at television and think, There’s a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that’s not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want. That’s a far more depressing thought. Conspiracy is optimistic! You can shoot the bastards! We can have a revolution! But the networks are really in business to give people what they want. It’s the truth.”

arca_vorago 11y ago
I would say Operation Mockingbird never went away and the conspiratorial view is the correct one. Media was never just about giving the people what they wanted, it was about telling them what they wanted in the first place, with a side effect of mass control.