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Or.... The media companies just like to have the middle-of-the-road, dont-rock-the-boat-too-much parties who will kowtow to them and give the masses the ILUSION
by cambalache 6y ago
Or.... The media companies just like to have the middle-of-the-road, dont-rock-the-boat-too-much parties who will kowtow to them and give the masses the ILUSION of political choice.
- nitrogen 6y agoMiddle doesn't have to mean 100% pro-establishment or pro-status-quo. And the illusion of choice applies to the falsely compressed, single-issue, single-axis left/right extremes, too.
- cambalache 6y ago> Middle doesn't have to mean 100% pro-establishment or pro-status-quo. You are confusing centrist parties with "middle-of-the-road" parties which by axiomatic definition mean the mainstream parties. > And the illusion of choice applies to the falsely compressed, single-issue, single-axis left/right extremes, too. It is not an illusion if the media is massively invested on who wins. Vanilla Republican vs Vanilla Democrat = Illusion of Choice,it does not matter who wins, the media wont care and the status quo will be maintained. Trump vs Vanilla Democrats = Choice matters, media will align with the Democrats to maintain the status-quo. Vanilla Republicans vs Bernie Sanders, Choice matters, media will align with the Republicans to maintain the status-quo.