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24. Many people don't want to learn anything, they prefer corporate propaganda

Sat May 18, 2013, 03:38 PM

May 2013

When real news is presented to them they ignore it. There are a lot of real news sources available today, largely ignored.

The "brainwashing" of the public is done mostly by the public themselves, they willingly allow themselves to believe almost anything.

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Wanna Know Why We the People Really Don't Know Squat? [View all] Octafish May 2013 OP

Unfortunately True, Sir The Magistrate May 2013 #1

Politics is Democracy, Sir. Octafish May 2013 #11

I would say your post accounts for maybe 90% of the problem. Another, minor one, is Hollywood byeya May 2013 #2

BillboReilly slipped up yesterday re: Hollywood... dogknob May 2013 #5

That's really funny - thanks. Usually the Wingsters are better at following the script. byeya May 2013 #6

Let me guess his reasoning... Scootaloo May 2013 #16

I think Karl Rove has that poster in his bedroom byeya May 2013 #33

I think Karl Rove has a picture of Hitler in his bedroom watoos May 2013 #41

No, sorry. He wasn't saying that he likes hollywood: He thinks superheroes are real: Not film fictio lindysalsagal May 2013 #38

Didnt Nietzsche also think there were super hero's? Those that were superior to the norm? nm rhett o rick May 2013 #47

That programming right there is an essential factor across the whole political spectrum. People patrice May 2013 #9

Thanks for bringing up Alex Carey. nt MrScorpio May 2013 #3

You are welcome. I first learned about his important work on DU... Octafish May 2013 #32

Freud's nephew, chervilant May 2013 #43

Sad to say, but those that have known this have known it for a long time, Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #4

Message Machine PENTAGON and what Dorothy Parker said. Octafish May 2013 #34

Quite true Doctor_J May 2013 #46

I have been wondering how hate for Unions motivates what Bush's people do, so they grab all patrice May 2013 #7

And a lot of Democrats who were in the know just opened their gobs and said, 'Ah hah' and got along. Octafish May 2013 #35

K&R for later... nt Mnemosyne May 2013 #8

Money. Octafish May 2013 #36

The wool has been pulled over our eyes. JEB May 2013 #10

Serfs got ears, eyes, driver's licences... Octafish May 2013 #49

Armed resistance JEB May 2013 #50

yep, there is no denying G_j May 2013 #12

K&R. So true. Overseas May 2013 #13

I think television is the worst. I don't watch it all. hunter May 2013 #14

I knew it was Reagan siligut May 2013 #15

FOX is Right. Octafish May 2013 #18

The results were disastrous chervilant May 2013 #45

I'd say that our media situation is starting to closely resemble... Wounded Bear May 2013 #17

Starting? That is my only quibble with your post nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #21

Because "we" don't want to? bhikkhu May 2013 #19

I don't quite agree cprise May 2013 #27

Because the popular media is a wasteland -- national and local. LuckyLib May 2013 #20

Bill Clinton put the final nail in the coffin with the Telecommunication Deregulation Act. OnyxCollie May 2013 #22

Yes he did. I supported that SOB in 1992 with much more than I care to think about. Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #37

Don't forget to thank Bill Clinton.... bvar22 May 2013 #23

I think even Bob Dole said this was an unwarranted giveaway of public airspace. He probably ended byeya May 2013 #30

Many people don't want to learn anything, they prefer corporate propaganda Corruption Inc May 2013 #24

Welcome to DU nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #26

But these people also usually need something strong to wash it down cprise May 2013 #28

Agreed treestar May 2013 #57

And now they own the prisons, and they're coming for our education. Initech May 2013 #25

Watch the docu I posted here cprise May 2013 #29

The GEM$MNBCDEFG is the tool of the 1%. Rex May 2013 #31

Awesome post. Propaganda for the “manufacture of consent” ~ that's it. nt Zorra May 2013 #39

Narrowcasting ... GeorgeGist May 2013 #40

Another great thread, Octafish. CanSocDem May 2013 #42

K&R'd & Bookmarked--very helpful! snot May 2013 #44

isn't that one of the corporate talking points? hfojvt May 2013 #48

Things may not be as Orwellian as all that ucrdem May 2013 #51

Hadn't heard that. Do know that it's no conspiracy theory. It's a war. Octafish May 2013 #53

no argument about the pollution hfojvt May 2013 #54

George W Bush was 6 ft tall and George Herbert Bush was 6 ft 2 inchs tall coldmountain May 2013 #52

Prescott S Bush was 6 ft 4 inches tall Octafish May 2013 #58

Recommend #100! H2O Man May 2013 #55

I was getting news from the BBC treestar May 2013 #56