To a certain extent, (click here) the old adage “out of sight, out of mind” is
unavoidable for anyone, but we don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say
that Western society and especially the American public, exhibit a
generalized ignorance to events taking place beyond their borders that’s
completely out of synch with the degree to which most Westerners have
easy access to information. That is, if the US public cared to know what
was going on outside of suburbia and beyond the Starbucks
drive-throughs and the strip mall Targets they most certainly could find
out, but that would likely mean discovering all manner of really
inconvenient and often disturbing things and so, at the end of the day,
willful ignorance allows everyone to perpetuate the myth that everything
is fine. For its part, the media is more than happy to expose harsh
realities as long as they’re conducive to ratings so, for instance, “unarmed black teen shot 18 times by angry white police officer” works well, while “Syria’s bloody civil war continues unabated”
does not because to the largely ignorant public, Syria might as well be
Mars and if for some inexplicable reason, life or death ended up coming
down to being able to correctly identify Syria on an unlabeled map,
well, it would be time to start praying....
Propaganda has come to the USA to stay to lead voters by the nose. It is partisan.
The best propaganda rag by far is "The National Enquirer." They currently are chancing Tom Selleck in the new watergate. (click here for their facebook site)
Propaganda has come to the USA to stay to lead voters by the nose. It is partisan.
The best propaganda rag by far is "The National Enquirer." They currently are chancing Tom Selleck in the new watergate. (click here for their facebook site)
