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sure, i'm all for freedom of choice. but you can't ignore that there are conscious decisions about how society is run that wind up heavily influencing people's
by nazgulnarsil 19y ago
sure, i'm all for freedom of choice. but you can't ignore that there are conscious decisions about how society is run that wind up heavily influencing people's behavior.
what do you think all those government agencies do? FCC, FDA, FAA, IRS, the Fed, etc. (department of education has a huge influence on ideology). There are dozens of major ones that affect our decisions by deciding what A and B will be and excluding C.
- DmitriLebedev 19y agoIt even doesn't take a conspiracy to start a propaganda. Successful companies support PR, advertizing and, for example, style magazines, which improves their business, and other businesses see that and copy that. The argument, that politicians have elitist views on the society, is also relevant. It doesn't mean that they conspire, it's just how they see the world.