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Attention USA

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Dear USA:
Attention USA:

“It is not necessary to conceal anything from a public insensible to contradiction and narcotized by technological diversions.” ― Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, year 1985

 

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Attention USA: Hundreds of scholars say U.S. is swiftly heading toward authoritarianism. "That's a precipitous drop," says John Carey, a professor of government at Dartmouth.... (www.npr.org)
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Attention USA: Hundreds of scholars say U.S. is swiftly heading toward authoritarianism. "That's a precipitous drop," says John Carey, a professor of government at Dartmouth and co-director of Bright Line Watch. "There's certainly consensus: We're moving in the wrong direction."

 

Dear USA:
Attention USA:

“It is not necessary to conceal anything from a public insensible to contradiction and narcotized by technological diversions.” ― Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, year 1985

 

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Dude, we've been looking at authoritarianism in the rear view mirror, specially in the red states.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 hours ago

we’ve been looking at authoritarianism in the rear view mirror, specially in the red states.

"Attention USA" is about getting people who are in alternate realities, not real reality, to see what they are missing. It's for people "out of the loop" and absorbed in their own media Filter Bubble.

Especially on "Big Picture" forest for trees topics, not just trivia about the latest sports superstar or antics of the USA White House or which newest video game has a new character or skin.

"A filter bubble or ideological frame is a state of intellectual isolation that can result from personalized searches, recommendation systems, and algorithmic curation." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filter_bubble