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Straight from the authoritarian playbook: - promote the idea of a ruling class separate from the people - journalists that publish uncomfortable truths are "w
by inopinatus 3y ago
Straight from the authoritarian playbook:
- promote the idea of a ruling class separate from the people
- journalists that publish uncomfortable truths are "whining"
- just give up because no-one is listening
These are neo-Tsarist civics. As before, they form conditions for decay and conflict.
In reality, people have never stopped listening, and never will. They may stop hearing - when voices are intentionally silenced. It follows that a critical and editorial press is the hallmark of democracy.
- thriftwy 3y agoRussia is an authoritarian state. "Hallmarks of democracy" do not work here and likely never did. Meduza and their ilk publishes the same uncomfortable truth tailored at comparatively small demographics. They fail to deliver their message to a wider audience because they don't understand it, have no message for it and perhaps don't really want to talk to it. That's what I was explaining. The only thing I'm seriously criticizing Meduza here is for their failure as journalists to get better coverage of their ideas. Part of which, their ideas aren't great.