i have a friend who i think is basically a very good person, very opposed to Trump and his administration. but we couldn't be further apart in how we view mainstream media and the Democratic Party. They don't believe that 'liberal' corporate media like CNN and MS-now are propaganda and they think that biden was 'an excellent president'. I oth have long viewed these entities with a very jaundiced eye, seeing the media as CIA controlled propaganda (manufacturing consent for American imperialism and militarism, as Noam Chomsky pointed out in his magnum opus), and the leadership of the democratic party as utterly corrupt, beholden to the same capitalist zionist agenda as their opposition.
i'm not sending this to them, mostly because i don't want to strain our relationship to the breaking point, but also because i see that they have a very happy and fulfilling social life, engaged with others who mostly share their worldview, and i don't want to upset and ravage that. this is something i've been cognizant of for a long time now: radical change can't be achieved without major upheaval, disruption of individual lives, families, communities, and so on up the chain of social arrangements. what do u think?
but i do feel somewhat secure in preaching to the choir as it were, sharing this radical assessment of the state of America with u, This video from the Real News Network, which includes analysis and outrage from Abby Martin, the independent journalist behind the production of Earth's Greatest Enemy, the documentary film we have tentatively planned on viewing at our next meeting in April. I hope u enjoy it.
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