The free and independent press
the FOIA has been proving that this has been the case since the late 1970’s, but it doesn’t seem to matter at all.
i know it’s because western sources have these inception/incestuous relationships with each other the reinforces the propaganda, but i still struggle to understand why americans would still believe it anyways when the american gov’t already said that it’s not true and in writing no less.
The vast majority of USians have at best a vague conception of FOIA, if they’re aware of it at all. The culture war plays a big role in reifying the accepted spectrum of news media: that the Right demonizes papers like The New York Times makes them more accepted by liberals, and the reverse is true. For USians, politics is often more like team sports than anything else.
The culture war plays a big role in reifying the accepted spectrum of news media
boy howdy does it.
i sometimes wish i wasn’t autistic so i could understand why.
From everything I’ve read, I get the impression that belonging to a group and in-group/out-group dynamics are way more ingrained in neurotypical people than in neurodivergent ones. I suspect this applies to political, cultural, and religious groups though I haven’t read studies on it. I have read studies showing that neurodivergent people are more likely to be LGBTQIA+, and I would theorize that this is due to the same neurological mechanisms - that neurodivergent people are more likely to recognize and embrace traits that make them fall outside of the norm. Conversely, belonging to the dominant group or current group may be more important to neurotypical people than living authentically. That’s just my theory, though.
I suspect this applies to political, cultural, and religious groups though I haven’t read studies on it.
i did when i was first diagnosed and yes they did; or atleast most of them did.
some also posited that neurotypical people value social acceptance above all else and that they’ll only accept political, cultural or religious counter narratives once those narratives have already become socially acceptable.
your theory is spot on, per the documentation that my former therapist shared w me 15-ish years ago.
some also posited that neurotypical people value social acceptance above all else and that they’ll only accept political, cultural or religious counter narratives once those narratives have already become socially acceptable.
If that’s the case, I suspect any vanguard party is going to be made up primarily of neurodivergent people. Really makes you wonder if that’s why they’re in such a rush to ‘cure autism’ in the US; I don’t believe for one moment that RFK Jr. actually cares about high-support-needs individuals or their caregivers.
i didn’t know that vanguard parties were known for asocial behavior.
i said this last time this guy came up but he’s got a name that sounds like a literal demon from Diablo
I missed that comment but If you’re talking about Assal Rad she’s woman
https://www.commondreams.org/author/assal-rad
But if you’re talking about Bazelel Smotrich, much Diablo lore is inspired by Latin and Biblical figures and the name Bazelel comes from the Bible
why the fuck would i be saying anything about her when a guy named bezalel fucking smotrich is right there doing demonic shit 😑😑😑😑😑😑
She’s got a pretty rad name too
