Good point.
I would also add that some would argue that the media is our main enemy. I go back and forth. Which is the main enemy, and which is the secondary one?
“I would also add that some would argue that the media is our main enemy. I go back and forth. Which is the main enemy, and which is the secondary one?”
Which is the main enemy? Government or media? Well, government has the power of coercion which the media doesn’t. But government is automatically suspect in the eyes of the public while the media is not, and therefore the media has more power to influence us (although that is changing). Government has the power of confiscated money to dictate its desires while media must try to influence us to spend our own money. Government exists to provide riches and power to politicians and bureaucrats while media exists to sell advertising to sell the products of its sponsors, thereby giving it fewer masters to please. Hard to say which is more damaging. Is it any wonder the politicians are eyeing ways to take over the media also? Together they are almost unstoppable. Divided, they savage each other, though I’m not sure they aren’t just two of a hydra’s heads. Neither is directly answerable to the public. No easy answer to your question.