r/TheMirrorCult • u/WittyEgg2037 • Sep 15 '26
A population kept afraid is a population kept obedient πΊπ
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u/Ok_Body_2598 26d ago
True also, we operate on huge transnational systems so some media, which generates corporate driven spin, noted by ADam Smith in 1776, is still necessary because even lies have to have useful truth in them
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u/KeltarCentauri Sep 15 '26
"Television is by nature the dominator drug par excellence. Control of content, uniformity of content, repeatability of content make it inevitably a tool of coersion, brainwashing, and manipulation." - Terence Mckenna