09-28-2024, 02:44 PM
Well, truthfully, I feel that the battlefield is no longer a question of the "silencing of contrary views".
I used to think the fight for ideological primacy was expressed as a contest of ideas. But it appears to be one of mediums. It's almost like they fought over the concept of silencing the individual so as to dominate the discussion by excluding dissent, but then it became clear that they learned that you can't completely 'silence' anyone, so instead they sought to drown all dialogue in noise.
It's become about drowning all voices in noise.
I remember the days of AM broadcast "talk" radio very fondly... under the commercial veneer, it held great promise... until rampant commerce swelled so much as to displace the talent. And the noise grew.
I used to think the fight for ideological primacy was expressed as a contest of ideas. But it appears to be one of mediums. It's almost like they fought over the concept of silencing the individual so as to dominate the discussion by excluding dissent, but then it became clear that they learned that you can't completely 'silence' anyone, so instead they sought to drown all dialogue in noise.
It's become about drowning all voices in noise.
I remember the days of AM broadcast "talk" radio very fondly... under the commercial veneer, it held great promise... until rampant commerce swelled so much as to displace the talent. And the noise grew.
