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Brendel

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I guess the sad thing about all this is the realization that not only is the media not a defense against fascism but with its current incentive structures in 2024 is actively helping to usher it in

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Conan D. Yossarian's avatar Conan D. Yossarian @conantheyossarian.bsky.social
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You miskeyed 2020.

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Ollie McClellan's avatar Ollie McClellan @olliemcclellan.bsky.social
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Brendel's avatar Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social
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Not that all of this is new but Billionaires own newspapers, they own social media, they own the way we search for news online, and in every arena they’re simply enforcing their interests, at some point Peter Theil will get control of Wikipedia and that’ll go to shit…anyways videogames are good

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Vomiting Kermit 's avatar Vomiting Kermit @lejokerman.bsky.social
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It’s incredible to me that “politician lies” is put on the exact same rhetorical media scorecard as matters of policy and not discussed as some other thing entirely.

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Josh D. Stranding 🏴‍☠️'s avatar Josh D. Stranding 🏴‍☠️ @matrixman124.hellthread.vet
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People like the appearance of strength more than facts or logic or morality. This is what allows fascism to prosper.

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Casmilus's avatar Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social
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What do you expect? Fascism was literally invented by a newspaper editor, it always understood media.

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