Imagine you lived in ancient Egypt—or ancient Rome?
You think the Pharaoh or the Emperor are going to tell you the truth about anything? Seriously?
The mass media is owned by a few wealthy elites—same basic thing....
Imagine you lived in ancient Egypt—or ancient Rome?
You think the Pharaoh or the Emperor are going to tell you the truth about anything? Seriously?
The mass media is owned by a few wealthy elites—same basic thing....
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Its not a matter of WHO the liars and propagandists are — the world has always been full of them. The point I was making is that the world today is different because we are constantly bombarded with non-stop lying every hour of every day.
Due to the relatively recent advent of electronic media we are immersed in a sea of lies and manipulative dissembling. The Pharaoh and the Emperors didn’t have access to the slick and extremely powerful media that today’s manipulators do.
So its not the same thing; its a whole new and far more sophisticated ballgame now. And its not just played by the powerful few. Now the political elites have many layers of underlings who distribute and reinforce the desired messages for them.