Cykonot on Nostr: while consolidation today is only really comparable to the gilded age, moneyed ...
while consolidation today is only really comparable to the gilded age, moneyed interests were certainly in control of the media even then. Take Hearst, for instance, a paper and media mogul who pushed to criminalize cannabis to protect his investments:
https://theconversation.com/re-criminalizing-cannabis-is-worse-than-1930s-reefer-madness-89821
Today, on top of Golded Age levels of inequality, we also have centralized social media monopolies algorithmically manipulating the masses, along with bots etc to manufacture consensus.
https://theconversation.com/re-criminalizing-cannabis-is-worse-than-1930s-reefer-madness-89821
Today, on top of Golded Age levels of inequality, we also have centralized social media monopolies algorithmically manipulating the masses, along with bots etc to manufacture consensus.