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Wow, we are so genuinely hosed. How did we end up with so many stupid citizens?
Propaganda works.
We've been saying it since the 70s at least. It's a giant conspiracy by - media corporations - to not reveal how powerful media corporations are.
Not a secret conspiracy mind you - anyone can see it quite plainly - but it will never be spoken of, at least, on popular corporate media. Not in any useful way. Why they would lose money if they did that.
It wouldn't even matter if it was spoken of. 60 Minutes could do a ground breaking show based off the entire thing, that goes viral. But at best viewership might drop for a month or so before everyone forgets about it or dismisses it entirely.
You cannot allow blatant propoganda like Fox. Maybe not ban them, but make laws to hold all media to a much higher standard and then sue the shit out of them when they lie. If they lie, they have to lead with a segment that retracts the lie, apologizes and then tells the truth for a couple days.
You could use the fines to fund independent media that has no or less bias.
First of all, countering propaganda doesn't happen in one-offs. But you're right about everything there.
And, as it happens, all of those ideas have been floated for many decades now. Unless someone gets through to literally everyone we'll be floating them into the watershed of history and nothing will ever get better.
Theres a reason republicans always want to defund education. Theres a reason why there is a correlation between red states and blue states and their test scores. Theres a reason why universities/higher education has been branded "liberal brainwashing."
Theyve been attacking education so that people can stay ignorant to their true motives