10-27-2024, 09:27 AM
(10-27-2024, 08:41 AM)UltraBudgie Wrote: It is fun to talk to Americans and how they react when you tell them you are not paying attention to their drama and don't think any of it really matters. They are very wrapped up in their "reality show" and confuse it with actual news. I suppose that's deliberate.
It is deliberate.
Generations of embedded indoctrination in media have left their mark. (Also, constant war creates a polarizing predilection in the common dialog.)
None of it is 'accidental.' It is a thing 'nurtured' to be exploited.
One of the main challenges I face as a moderator from time to time, takes the form of refusing my own "free speech privilege" to avoid pointing out how a great chunk of the "topics of the moment" are empty vessels... especially when it becomes a 'team sport' or a 'We love to hate this or that person or thing' exercise.
Having travelled a bit, I learned that it is, for most intents and purposes, not substantially different anywhere else where political celebrities are at play... this dystopian state of affairs is all about politicians and the political class, not the people.
