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I find it hillarious People has turned to a populist billionaire to "save their country" all around the world. Wasn't the point of a democratic process not, to reduce the power of the elite to benefit the People? (reduce power to the rich/government) what do you find so attractive in billionaires Saying what you wanna hear, just to, in the end, reduce taxes of the 1% (their friends and doners)?
These billionaires own the media outright. And people are fucking retarded at the best of times, and these aren't the best of times.
They find their ownership of the media attractive. It's not like it's a fair game the billionaires are playing.
But my point is, how is the citizens not asking themselves: "What does this billionaire have as personal gain, from his populist agenda?"
What was the quote.. Imagine how dumb the average voter is and now remember that half of them are even dumber.
But still, isn't that also showing in USA voter surveys: most people agree with socialist politics if they are not called that. So while I do agree that they should think a bit harder about it, indoctrination from "conservative" media is in my opinion the most important tool they have.
True, it just baffles my mind..
What is 'conservative' media? This indoctrination comes from traditional media as well as on Tiktok, Facebook & al. And in all countries, although in different forms and to varying devrees. In China and Russia, indoctrination is stronger than in countries with a higher developed democracy.
I personally think the distinction between 'social politics' and conservativism is not useful here. These are just labels imo to sow division, creating an environment of 'us versus them' to undrrmine people's unity.
Well... Let's ask who owns these things. Everything (or many for traditional) you mentioned is owned by billionaires. And after they got acquired they often drifted to a less progressive stance in their reporting. And I don't know why you bring China and Russia into the discussion, we were talking about democracies, of course full blown dictatorships have stronger indoctrination. That's necessary by design or they couldn't control the population.
And while I agree that it's good to leave out the labels for discussing it with those who consume aforementioned media in order to convince them, I abhor the thought of this successful attack on words and their meaning by those assholes. Words have meaning, goddammit! And I will call a socialist policy socialist, as long as it fits that definition. And yes, "conservative" is the wrong word. They choose it for themselves, but they don't conserve anything, they regress.
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