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Initech

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Sat Jan 11, 2025, 12:03 PM Yesterday

The Problem With Propaganda [View all]

The problem with propaganda should be obvious at this point.

Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post so he could turn it into a fascist propaganda outlet so he can get rich.

Patrick Soon-Shiongh bought the Los Angeles Times so he could turn it into a fascist propaganda outlet so he can get rich.

Elon Musk bought Twitter so he could turn it into a fascist propaganda outlet so he can get rich.

Kevin O'Leary wants to buy Tik Tok so he can turn it into a fascist propaganda outlet so he can get rich.

Mark Zuckerberg is turning Facebook into a fascist propaganda outlet so he can get rich.

Trump started Truth Social so he could spread fascist propaganda so he can get rich.

Rupert Murdoch started Fox News so he could spread fascist propaganda so he can get rich.

The problem with propaganda is simple: He who has the money controls the narrative. He who controls the narrative controls the elections. He who controls the elections controls the power. He who controls the power gets rich beyond their wildest imagination. It's an elite club of fascist billionaires getting richer. These guys are addicted to their wealth and they're using it to wage war against us in an effort to one-up each other in the quest to become the world's first trillionaire. It is a classic cause and effect.

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The Problem With Propaganda [View all] Initech Yesterday OP
Pseudo Religious Institutions might be added GreenWave Yesterday #1
i haven't figured their part out yet, other than leading the flock to slaughter rampartd Yesterday #4
The religion part is to control the masses. hedda_foil Yesterday #8
Opus Dei-dream. rubbersole Yesterday #12
Religion is Cherokee100 20 hrs ago #42
Pseudo religious institutions? paleotn Yesterday #21
They saw it worked for RevMoon's goal to replace US democracy with theo-fascism. blm Yesterday #2
Yes you understand our current reality quite well. Irish_Dem Yesterday #3
Rupee being the oldest, moondust Yesterday #5
The Problem With Propaganda Mr.Bee Yesterday #6
The Solution to Propaganda is Bernardo de La Paz Yesterday #17
Yes! We seriously need to do this! LymphocyteLover Yesterday #18
Money is free speech, corporations are people gives rise to the age of the oligarchs. surfered Yesterday #7
There are also billionaires on the Democratic Party side oldmanlynn Yesterday #9
If there were a Go Fund Me page for truth, yellow dahlia 21 hrs ago #39
Not very many. Voltaire2 5 hrs ago #55
Bezos was already rich. Mosby Yesterday #10
Good point Mosby Buddyzbuddy Yesterday #22
If you're already rich, you're buying to consolidate power so you get even richer. Initech Yesterday #33
True Buddyzbuddy 21 hrs ago #41
They are addicts of the worst kind. Clouds Passing 6 hrs ago #49
they were ALL already rich Skittles Yesterday #23
I look at it this way: Initech Yesterday #34
It works until it doesn't jmbar2 Yesterday #11
The bribing class makes the rules(NT) The Wizard Yesterday #13
To Serve Man KT2000 Yesterday #14
You would be surprised what well organized Dem supporters can accomplish by deploying their own propaganda Bernardo de La Paz Yesterday #15
I don't disagree but what really pisses me off is that these individuals senseandsensibility Yesterday #16
The problem with exaggeration is that it is propaganda. If Jeff Bezos bought the Post so he could turn it into a fascist Martin68 Yesterday #19
All it takes is once. Buddyzbuddy Yesterday #25
You can still catapult the fascist propaganda with "leftish" platforms Farmer-Rick 5 hrs ago #50
I challenge you to find a single endorsement of fascism or a fascist concept by the Post editorial staff. Martin68 5 hrs ago #53
The mere fact Wapo did NOT endorse Harris Farmer-Rick 4 hrs ago #58
Failing to endorse a presidential candidate is proof that the Post and Bezos did not come even close to engaging Martin68 5 hrs ago #52
My only comment is to replace "get rich" with "get even more rich" JHB Yesterday #20
JHB, are you claiming the Post makes a significant profit? On what do you base that claim? Martin68 5 hrs ago #54
Yes. When source-checking, snot Yesterday #24
All of these guys were already rich before PoindexterOglethorpe Yesterday #26
They seem to endlessly want to get richer MadameButterfly Yesterday #29
Evidently money is the motivation for everything in the world even when obviously not, ideology is betsuni 23 hrs ago #35
eat the rich IA8IT Yesterday #27
The Robber Barons used to MadameButterfly Yesterday #28
When is enough (money) enough? No Vested Interest Yesterday #30
Oh it never is for these fucks! Initech Yesterday #32
Democrats have no real answer for this. alarimer Yesterday #31
This. progressoid 22 hrs ago #36
Right On Baron2024 22 hrs ago #37
My husband says if he won millions in the lottery, he would buy media. yellow dahlia 22 hrs ago #38
I wouldn't include Washington Post JI7 21 hrs ago #40
Bezos part is wrong...it turned into that JT45242 20 hrs ago #43
So it's a war on education too then? Initech 20 hrs ago #44
No it was a money grab... JT45242 19 hrs ago #45
They stepped on many people to get there DENVERPOPS 17 hrs ago #46
Greed, E. Normus 10 hrs ago #47
Yes...wasn't Bezos left wing at first though? Meowmee 10 hrs ago #48
Money Protects Money JustAnotherGen 5 hrs ago #51
A clarification on 'they were already rich'. Voltaire2 5 hrs ago #56
Kick Blue_Tires 4 hrs ago #57
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