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spirald

(63 posts)
3. Wishful thinking- right wing propaganda will be free or subsidized.
Wed Nov 22, 2017, 05:04 PM
Nov 2017

Don't underestimate the ability of the current fascists to make this go their way.

Consider that Murdoch wants to buy CNN, which will ostensibly turn it into a fascist propaganda outlet.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cnn-murdoch-exclusive/exclusive-rupert-murdoch-twice-discussed-cnn-with-att-ceo-sources-idUSKBN1DA2PY

Conveniently, the fascist overrun Justice dept has just blocked the AT&T / Time Warner merger- justice may want them to put CNN up for sale. This is just one of many ways that the right wing will use to get their way. Even if this doesn't happen, some other back room deal will happen to keep the kool-aid flowing.

Massive corporations doing massive deals that interact with government regulations provide convenient leverage points for fascist governments to gain valuable concessions (why it's natural for unregulated capitalism to turn into autocracy). When fascists run the telcom regulation agencies, you better believe that fascist propaganda will flow without restriction.

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