Elon Musk X media platform is common venue for masturbation to USA “left vs. right” egoism of tribal alpha-male intercourse
“Are you smarter than a 3rd grade school student?” … Masturbatory Egoism of social media simulacra. Reactionary comment messages on social systems that boil down to: “I am smarter than Donald Trump”, “I am smarter than Elon Musk”, “I am smarter than Russia”
But you clearly didn’t understand what I was saying about the urgent need to get people on the same page, a “Super Wikipedia” and stop consuming junk comments on Lemmy.
I disagree with that. Having everyone relying on the same propaganda is what has brought us to this point. Too many people abdicate their responsibility to think responsibly to whatever their propaganda of chouce is, whether its the lies of the Conservative Propaganda Machine, or the mythology of their religious books. Any blind loyalty to a single source invites manipulation and exploitation.
People need to sharpen their brains, and question all statements coming from any Authority, know how to consult original sources for varification, and not rely on canned explanations from political and religious propagandists with their own evil agenda.
Yha, why would you want to feed people fiction and falsehoods as the same page to get on.
You seem to have a comprehension problem with the idea. I’ve lived in nations that mandate the Quran as the book to all be on the same page.
that’s not reality. I suggest you study this book: This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality is a 2019 book by Peter Pomerantsev about disinformation and propaganda, which covers such campaigns in multiple countries.
My “Super Wikipedia” is people adopting science. Carl Sagan ideas. see also: !sagan@lemm.ee community.
What I suggest you avoid is more and more comments on Lemmy, go with the books.
Books are just one more opinion, and too many people confuse opinions with fact. I prefer original sources, and draw my own conclusions, instead of relying on the interpretations of those sources by those with their own agendas.
Id rather watch the speeches, see videos of incidents, read data, etc. MAGAs believe that the Jan 6 Insurrection was a peaceful tourist visit because their news source of choice chose to not air clips of the violence, showing a few calm moments out of thousands of hours of video, to represent their story.
OTOH, i watched it first-hand from beginning to end. I know what they said in the pep rally, because i watched it, i didn’t rely on someone else’s interpretation. I watched them attack the Capitol, and fight with the police. Nobody can ever tell me it didn’t happen because it wasn’t on Fox News, or because their favorite pundit spoon fed them lies. I saw it with my own eyes, live and unedited.
Propaganda is too pervasive in our society, so i no longer trust any book or person’s opinion, even when they seem to be on my side. I verify everything before forming my opinion, and even then, my opinion is open to change with more verified information. I have never followed the Conservative Motto: “Dont bother me with facts, my mind is made up.”
that’s how Russia won since year 2013. !HybridWarLost@lemm.ee
They are winning because they have convinced shallow thinkers to blindly trust a small number of media outlets that comprise the Conservative Propaganda Machine, and reject all else.
I reject “Opinion News” of ALL types, but I do not blindly follow ANY dogma of any type. That’s the difference.
That was true up until year 2012 in USA. Then in year 2013 the “Putin Media Invasion” came onto every media outlet and platform.
“Operation Matthew 4:19”
https://lemm.ee/post/60021835
Billionaires met in November 2013 and one month later announced in December 2013 that they were going to troll the entire world (over gender) to wage war against Ukraine - Operation Matthew 4:19
Yes, I have recently become aware of this, and per my usual stance on such things, I have no opinion on this yet. I need to do a lot of research and see what is really going on.
My initial feelings are that this may be where the Sociopathic Oligarchs first took the political stage in an overt way. We didnt have a lot of billionaires in America before 2000, but after that their population exploded. It sounds like this may have been the moment when they announced their intention to organize, and combine their financial power to influence…EVERYTHING. Kind of like a Billionaire Union.
I’ll be studying this closely.
Even before Internet communications and global television networks, books were used. The Roman Empire adopted The Bible as a media platform in year 380. And look at how the Quran and Bible stories of Mary and Jesus have been used to pick Kings / Queens / rulers…