[lbo-talk] Sad Story

Wojtek Sokolowski sokol at jhu.edu
Tue Aug 26 06:31:54 PDT 2003


Justin:
> So that is how things look to a smart 13 year old. Old
> style liberalism is communism. Clintonism is the far
> limit of the possible. Are we fucked, or what? And not
> in the nice way.

Justin, you live in one of- if not THE most heavily indoctrinated country in the world, where the most sophisticated propaganda apparatus ever created targets vulnerable minds from the day they are born through multiple channels of communication. Worse yet, unlike most Europeans or Asians who can easily access channels of communication in other countries, virtually all US-ers (except those who live near the Canadian or Mexican border) have no access to such channels. All they can get is the crap broadcasted by the unholy triumvirate of big business, big media and corporate government. It is even better than the "citizen's radio" that the Nazis pioneered (i.e. one with the switch between the local station and Berlin instead of the dial) - you cannot listen to alternatives even if you have the equipment. Under the Nazi occupation, people risked their lives by listening to short wave radio and spreading the word, but today short wave is practically dead. Besides, the steaming crap from Britney Spears (http://www.derfcity.com/n/newtoon1.html) is so much more attractive to the naïve teenage mind than the static-ridden short wave.

So what makes you think that your humble words can be heard through the cacophony emitted by the corporate media? Do not despair, my friend, you are being defeated by the biggest propaganda machine that have ever existed on the face of the earth.

Wojtek



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