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Study history to learn to stay on the right side of it. I've worked in justice and with homelessness so I have an accurate BS meter. +Gen X so new grump on the block. 🇳🇿🥝
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That fire with fire needs a figurehead rather than an intellect. The intellect can be behind closed doors.
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She's behaving like a maga, quite frankly. Incapable of formulating a discussion with evidence then she blocked me. At least the magas hurl dumb insults and reveal themselves with openness. Not sure why she's protecting media propaganda like it needs protecting? Strange.
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You can formulate your own point rather than just refuting mine. Can you elaborate?
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Media should only be able to back candidates just prior to an election and with transparency. Not relentless political propaganda. Elizabeth couldn't form a critical argument. She left a rant then blocked me. Thanks for formulating a discussion. & yes, media was previously less biased in the USA.
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Propaganda didn't serve a fascist in USA until now so the media landscape changed. Dramatically.
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That's a burn rather than a critical argument.
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Especially when bipartisan media has no restraints.
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US politics is right wing and far right. It's the best kept secret in the USA that is open knowledge around the world. This is why I applaud Jon Stewart because he correctly notices that nobody is doing fk all to engineer the change to turn this ship around. Is that an iceberg ahead? 🧊
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Fear of commies means they won't follow Bernie. There needs to be another plan. The lobbyists are now in the highest seats of power and politicians petition them. Politics are just business now and can you think of any business where people matter? I can't. Money matters.
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Is Jon Stewart the only American dude left who has clarity? trump promises CHANGE. That's the kryptonite the voter wants and, it turns out, will sell their souls for. There needs to be someone step forward and offer leadership with teeth, but leadership that serves the people, not the status quo.
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But perhaps not confused about what the absence of the law morphed into.
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A media watchdog is different from free speech. In my country an independent media council holds media responsible if news is false or biased. News is expected to be balanced. It's imperfect but there's guidelines.
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The Housing First model, the Canadian one, is happening in pockets of USA but I hate to think where their funding is at now. A country that can't separate socialism and communism might struggle to serve its people.
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I agree with you, Bob. We have a VPN for an Australian network and musk is pushing starlink globally. He wants usa to be economically dependent on the techlords. He's nearly succeeded. It's only the Canadian-euro boycotts that are hurting him.
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I haven't met many citizens with broad thinking without that dualistic tone (good/evil, Dem, maga, blue/red, right/wrong). I'm more interested in the analysis of power and history beyond two government terms. Learn history or you're destined to repeat it. The country is sleep walking into strife.
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Because it served them. Electioneering masquerading as media.
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But the absence of it created an environment where fox and blue networks could compete. Yes, compete. Voters treat politics and their media like a sport or religion where you back a team or good versus evil. Dualistic. And when a person's view is dualistic they are effectively blinkered.
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How so? At that point in history the media was given carte blanche to push the bipartisan agenda, to electionaire, dressed up as news. I'm not sure why you're defending propaganda platforms. If USA doesn't understand how Trump gained traction you'll have many many more Trumps. He's a breeder.
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Fascism isn't a buzzword. A maga told me democracy is a buzzword. The problem isn't words but humans who lack the ability to analyze the actions of those in power and see power imbalance. For example, anyone who states that the Gaza conflict is a fair fight can't count & can't measure territory.
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⬆️ And this is why The Fascist is an agent of change. The conditions to create his leadership were perfectly fked.
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I avoid chats with Dems and magas whose arguments encompass 4 years of evidence. The dance between left & right (or right and far right?) is just a smokescreen while big business holds a nation, a world, by the throat. And little countries around the world copy the "big boys".
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Please get security staff. It would be heartbreaking if the owner and staff got backlash. Things are getting tense(r).
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Thank you for noticing it's a decades long problem. I get tired of guppy perspectives that stretch four years back.
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My non-toxic dating advice for straight guys is exclusively date women called Sharon and if there are a shortage leave the first Sharon then date her over and over again ad infitnitum.
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I take your point. Mine is that other countries regulate media balance and are not strict but have guidelines. It's not a litigious matter in my country. We have an independent media council and complaints process. A watchdog.
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The repeal of the fairness doctrine in 1987 under Reagan changed media and is one reason why 🦊 as we know it exists today. Has it become a propaganda platform? USA needs to use this moment in history (today's environment) to learn. www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/top...
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Compared to my dad's generation (ww2 babies)whose knowledge stretches quite far, 4-5 generations back.
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Hi, I agree that it's not gen Z's fault what a generation is taught. I have a 15 year old and 27 year old and the gaps in historical knowledge are the media and education environment--nothing to do with literacy or intelligence. It is a problem, though, as key aspects of history are blurred. Imo 🙂
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That's funny, Chris. Gen Z know so little. I'm 75 per cent ethnically Irish and 25 per cent bastard English+Irish so I have these complex discussions with myself. No need to outsource the turmoil. ☘️
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You have more sensible systems and protections, possibly? @paddy?
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I believe this. I hope that every country that has some requirement for neutral media that dissuades bipartisan networks would not vote in a maga copy. NZ emulates US models of govt so it could shift, here. USA can learn from the election of trump & change a few basics in their systems. I hope.
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I got tired of social media's bias confirmation so jumped onto some 🦊 threads and paraphrased their incorrect statements in the dumbest of terms with their same gusto. The screes of people correcting me was hilarious. I'd edit the post pointing out that I'm just paraphrasing the government stance.
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Brilliant.
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Heck yeah 😂
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USA grew rich protecting vulnerable nations, defending the oil dollar. The maga vote represents a ton of wealth--a resource trump is tapping. USA didn't go to war for selfless reasons. Allies were forged in mutually beneficial ways. This victim tone I hear shows ignorance of economics & culture.
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I said that last week as a jibe to someone and now it's news. Strange time to be alive.
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That's a shame. They were trialling mRNA to deliver cancer treatments.
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Fascinating. One country becomes more consumerist while another becomes less. 🥚