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Excellent thread that burns the DC media to the ground (Original Post)
TomDaisy
Oct 2021
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CrispyQ
(36,461 posts)1. The corporate media doesn't care if the country goes fascist.
Programming will hardly change for most of them.
dalton99a
(81,468 posts)2. Kick
Grasswire2
(13,569 posts)3. excellent
thanks
blogslug
(37,999 posts)4. kicksies
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)5. The effects of capitalism on democracy are becoming fatal
When the press is motivated solely by a profit motive - we have a problem.
When health care is motivated solely by a profit motive - we have a problem.
When politicians are motivated solely by a profit motive - we aren't we anymore.
KS Toronado
(17,213 posts)6. Very well stated!
calimary
(81,221 posts)8. It's not "health care" anymore.
The only thing they care about is wealth care. Especially their own and that of their big corporate donors.
IronLionZion
(45,433 posts)7. Their internal polling must show their voters love it
way too many of them have gone full Nazi and don't even bother with dog whistles anymore because it must be working.
I would hope they eventually lose support from sensible people over this.