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This is a an excellent point. As a corollary, it's easy to tell precisely who the elite is just by looking at who's doing the most censoring of others (and doin
by tharne 6y ago
This is a an excellent point. As a corollary, it's easy to tell precisely who the elite is just by looking at who's doing the most censoring of others (and doing it effectively).
A lot of the folks out there demanding that others be censored or cancelled still see themselves as scrappy underdogs, when in reality they're the Capitol in the Hunger Games.
- Barrin92 6y ago>it's easy to tell precisely who the elite is just by looking at who's doing the most censoring of others (and doing it effectively). I'm not so sure that the circus that is contemporary public discourse is a good measure for where elite power is located. I think the actual elites manage to stay outside of this stuff entirely quite effectively. I see the take quite often in recent times that the NYT et al. hold extreme power because they can censor or chastise whoever they want. My view is that they're more like a court jester. They're allowed to do it because it's utterly meaningless. Does anyone really think WaPo (owned by Bezos) writing critical pieces on Bezos is an example of journalistic power? No, it's an example of how little impact journalism still has.