Internet censorship and the death of free speech.

The Batlord · 05-22-2016, 03:13 PM

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The least you could do is give her a phone number to a new plumber.

I do have one but I wouldn't recommend him. We had to wait half a week longer than we should have to get a working shower.

innerspaceboy · 05-22-2016, 03:51 PM

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...alleged media and cultural bias that may or may not exist, and that favors a certain political party's narrative.

While I appreciate objective and non-partisan perspectives I think the reality is so extreme and the evidence so plain that it is a disservice to oneself and to our global culture to deny that the damaging media bias is very real.

The Republican platform of misogyny, racism, homophobia, blind nationalism, Christian Fundamentalism, fear mongering, hate speech, anti-immigration, anti-minority, xenophobia, anti-choice, bigotry, religious intolerance, anti-social justice, anti-education, and corporate favoritism is celebrated and endorsed by propaganda networks of the established print and broadcast monopolies.

The Democratic National Convention is equally corrupt with its funneling of billions of corporate dollars into ensuring that national broadcast coverage exclusively celebrates their chosen puppet despite overwhelming evidence of her decades of federal crimes.

Corporate personhood was the nail in the coffin of our republic. The plutocracy is very real.

The polls showing 46% of voters identifying as unaffiliated is the citizens' reaction to a broadcast media and a political party which ignores their voice.

Aux-In · 05-22-2016, 06:07 PM

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While I appreciate objective and non-partisan perspectives I think the reality is so extreme and the evidence so plain that it is a disservice to oneself and to our global culture to deny that the damaging media bias is very real.

I'm already secure in my positions. No tears for globalists.

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The Republican platform of misogyny, racism, homophobia, blind nationalism, Christian Fundamentalism, fear mongering, hate speech, anti-immigration, anti-minority, xenophobia, anti-choice, bigotry, religious intolerance, anti-social justice, anti-education, and corporate favoritism is celebrated and endorsed by propaganda networks of the established print and broadcast monopolies.

I think this is kind of what the OP was talking about to be honest, but that's just my opinion. As conservatism has died out, liberalism has filled the social and political power vacuums. However, I think even that is kind of peaking, as these exacerbated issues have reached a point where the radical left and SJWs have turned quite fascist, and/or boy & girl who've cried wolf a little too many times. We can see this repudiation of decadal (sic) liberal philosophy (social, economic, globalization-wise) in the rise of Trump, and we can see the dissatisfaction and subsequent repudiation of the media bias with the rise of Sanders as well. In either case, there has been some conjoining ideology between the Establishment parties for some decades, and that is to what you stated as the rise of Independents who can see the forest through the trees.

innerspaceboy · 05-22-2016, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Aux-In

I'm already secure in my positions. No tears for globalists.

I think this is kind of what the OP was talking about to be honest, but that's just my opinion. As conservatism has died out, liberalism has filled the social and political power vacuums. However, I think even that is kind of peaking, as these exacerbated issues have reached a point where the radical left and SJWs have turned quite fascist, and/or boy & girl who've cried wolf a little too many times. We can see this repudiation of decadal (sic) liberal philosophy (social, economic, globalization-wise) in the rise of Trump, and we can see the dissatisfaction and subsequent repudiation of the media bias with the rise of Sanders as well. In either case, there has been some conjoining ideology between the Establishment parties for some decades, and that is to what you stated as the rise of Independents who can see the forest through the trees.

I agree with your statements on many points. A rising extremism has transpired on both sides of the political coin, resulting in a growing rejection of both party politics and of the corporate state.

As I've stated in previous threads, I am intensely curious about what awaits us beyond the threshold marking the end of the 20th-century systems which defined our economic era. The twilight of late capitalism is a time of tremendous, albeit frightening opportunity. But like the industrial revolution and the more recent digital revolution, these changes threaten the power of the establishment and fundamentally change the market.

The entire media industry is upended by the vanquishing of scarcity-based economics, rapidly replaced by an ever-growing network of file sharers who've collectively organized the largest media library in the history of the world... and did it for free. And despite these tremendous achievements, the industry still reports record sales figures year after year. It's time for a complete overhaul to the antiquated system of copyright economics.

Similarly, the internet is affording citizens a far greater transparency of the actions of those in power and eliminates their former dependency on mass media as a news source, thus weakening their control over our lives.

And as technology continues to eliminate the need for labor, it is likely that a larger and larger percentage of the workforce will be eliminated in the near future. At the onset of the industrial revolution, the exponential increase in efficiency presented manufacturers with two potential courses of action - they could significantly reduce national labor hours ushering in a leisure economy where the public could invest themselves into developing the arts, sciences, and technology and to promote humanitarian efforts while maintaining a stable level of profitability for the corporations. Or they could implement a new age of social conditioning, to perpetuate a level of innate desire and dissatisfaction among the populace so that they would consume endlessly and discard perfectly functional goods in favor of the latest product to roll off the lines, driving profits higher than previously imagined. The adoption of the latter, coupled with the industry cartels’ effective institution of planned obsolescence created the unsustainable (and insatiable) consumer monster we see today.

In this second (now digital) revolution, we are presented with the same option we faced at the dawn of the last century. Machine learning, complex system automation, AI, and Big Data will irrevocably replace the majority of both the skilled and unskilled workforce in the near future with more efficient, cost-saving methods of production and service. Perhaps then, when faced with near-utopian and dystopian scenarios side by side, the society of the first world will seize the day, take action, and self-actualize the vision we first glimpsed over a century ago.

Or maybe we'll just keep buying sh*t and die miserable like we do today.

Neapolitan · 05-22-2016, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by innerspaceboy

While I appreciate objective and non-partisan perspectives I think the reality is so extreme and the evidence so plain that it is a disservice to oneself and to our global culture to deny that the damaging media bias is very real.

The Republican platform of misogyny, racism, homophobia, blind nationalism, Christian Fundamentalism, fear mongering, hate speech, anti-immigration, anti-minority, xenophobia, anti-choice, bigotry, religious intolerance, anti-social justice, anti-education, and corporate favoritism is celebrated and endorsed by propaganda networks of the established print and broadcast monopolies.

The Democratic National Convention is equally corrupt with its funneling of billions of corporate dollars into ensuring that national broadcast coverage exclusively celebrates their chosen puppet despite overwhelming evidence of her decades of federal crimes.

Corporate personhood was the nail in the coffin of our republic. The plutocracy is very real.

The polls showing 46% of voters identifying as unaffiliated is the citizens' reaction to a broadcast media and a political party which ignores their voice.

I try to balance where I get my news from, because (and it probably all goes without saying) the media is bias. I listen to Rush Limbaugh and others on occasion. Some of those either affiliate with the Right while others claim to be neutral. Wherever they stand, they claim to search for the unbiased truth in reporting the news. None of the consersavative talk show hosts and none of the listening audience view themselves as you described. In fact they they see themselves as furthering equality among various ethnic group. They have Ann Hart Coulter and Sarah Louise Palin going for them so they probably don't see themselves as "misogynists." The conservative even include Araminta Ross as one of their own. And they don't see themselves dominating the news i.e. "propaganda networks of the established print and broadcast monopolies." Rather they see themselves as a minority in the media. I don't know if it is an hyperbole for comical effect but Rush says that "99% of the news is controlled by Liberals."

JGuy Grungeman · 05-22-2016, 03:57 PM

I myself generally refuse to be a part of any political party. I just don't think anything gets resolved in politics since time changes every civilization. Plus, I don't like getting into huge arguments. So instead of joining the crowd, I just work on not getting offended. I still do sometimes, but who in their right mind wants to be offended?

The Batlord · 05-22-2016, 04:34 PM

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I just work on not getting offended.

I don't believe you.

JGuy Grungeman · 05-22-2016, 04:39 PM

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I still do sometimes

You really gotta work on your picking and choosing if you want to post an educated statement.

The Batlord · 05-22-2016, 04:40 PM

No, I don't believe that you try.

JGuy Grungeman · 05-22-2016, 05:03 PM

I don't believe you're trolling has any basis. You're just spewing things.

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JGuy Grungeman Primo Celebate Sexiness Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 2,662	I myself generally refuse to be a part of any political party. I just don't think anything gets resolved in politics since time changes every civilization. Plus, I don't like getting into huge arguments. So instead of joining the crowd, I just work on not getting offended. I still do sometimes, but who in their right mind wants to be offended? __________________ I'm a pretty nice troll if you ask me.

05-22-2016, 05:03 PM	#10 (permalink)
JGuy Grungeman Primo Celebate Sexiness Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 2,662	I don't believe you're trolling has any basis. You're just spewing things. __________________ I'm a pretty nice troll if you ask me.