The media and political system is today a charade of allowed opinions limited to identity politics, which does not threaten the established order. Even if you c

The media and political system is today a charade of allowed opinions limited to identity politics, which does not threaten the established order. Even if you compare with Clinton and Bush eras, there’s a stark degradation of discussion and the “zoo-like” behavior of politicians. It’s even deliberately entertainment a lot of times, like a mix of reality TV and team sports. The US is fascinating, because unlike other countries with extreme wealth inequality it has an admirably free press and speech. There are few things that gets you in serious trouble – it’s almost all carrot-regulated. To get a lot of influence you have to play by the “rules”. A simpler way of saying this is of course that media is just aggressive for-profit ventures. Thus censorship is mostly deemed unnecessary (except during Covid when the stick came out for a while).