Turns out mainstream journalism, news agencies, and even forums that deliver “the news” are actually there to force a particular culyural interpretation of the news whilst preventing others. We can see this in the sane washing of Trump.
It’s another aspect of Cultural Class Warfare - The Frankfurt School pointed it out in this essay. They called it "The Culture Industry, and Marcuse said it was an inescapable part of the reproduction of culture in the age of “mechanical reproduction”… Which is what Marcuse’ book “One Dimensional Man” is about.
noscere@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah, the mods over there are killing like half the comments. I looked through the modlog, and most of the deleted comments are pretty tame. The mods over there are sucking right now.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Meh, there’s worse mods out there. I’m sure it’s an overwhelming thread and they’re just slamming the brakes on everything to try to keep it in control. Probably like a thousand user reports already or something.