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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's because the media, who teach most people how to think, is mostly owned by corporations who benefit from pro-corpo status quo policies.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

media is just an amplifier. but yes you could make such an argument; though its deeper than that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Obviously it's the sort of thing one could write doctoral theses about, but I reckon that much is not contentious.