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Even as the convictions pile up many still believe... (lemmy.ca)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Well, that is what advertising and propaganda is.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

Eh... At this point it's more of a religion. People just believe what they want to believe. And that is the underdog who is the second coming of Jesus and will fix all problems that were created by immigrants.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

At this point you have entire media silos filled with privatized propaganda, which is just ripe for this shit to happen. And this model is cropping up around the world.

We need to react to this somehow or we'll be toast. If we can't reclaim the media landscape for professional journalism for it's own sake, we're headed down a dark road indeed.